Recombinant antibody having unique glycan profile produced by CHO host cell with edited genome and preparation method thereof

ABSTRACT

The present invention, in the field of bioengineering and biotechnology, relates to a method for preparing a recombinant antibody with a unique glycan profile produced by a genome-edited CHO host cell. Specifically, according to a method of the present invention, the TALEN technology is used to edit the FUT8 gene in CHO cells that have been adapted for serum-free suspension growth. The edited CHO host cells can produce recombinant antibodies with a unique glycan profile. The unique glycan profile can be characterized by non-fucosylated N-linked oligosaccharide chains of the antibodies, extremely low N-glycosylation heterogeneity and uniform carbohydrate chains. The antibody prepared by the method of the invention exhibit significantly increased ADCC and greater stability.

CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS

The present application is a national stage application of InternationalApplication PCT/CN2018/100008, filed Aug. 10, 2018, which claims thebenefit of Chinese Patent Application No. 201710687889.9 filed Aug. 11,2017, the contents of which are incorporated by reference in theirentireties into the present disclosure.

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TECHNICAL FIELD

The present invention belongs to the field of bioengineering andbiotechnology, and relates to a class of recombinant antibodies with aunique glycan profile produced by a genome-edited CHO host cells andpreparation methods for the host cells and antibodies.

BACKGROUND ART

CHO cells (Chinese Hamster Ovary, CHO) are epithelialanchorage-dependent cells extensively used in bioengineering at present,which were first isolated from the ovary of an adult female hamster in1957 by Dr. Theodore T. Puck from the University of Colorado. CHO-K1cells are widely used in industrial production. As transformed celllines, such cells are hypodiploid cells having the chromosomedistribution frequency 2n=22. The CHO-K1 cell lines (No. CCL-61), whichare preserved by ATCC, have been widely used to express the recombinantDNA protein. The original cells are anchorage-dependent cells and canalso grow in suspension after multiple passages and screening. CHO cellsare prone to gene mutation and gene transfection. Early studies alsodemonstrated that, compared with other engineering cell lines,antibodies produced by the CHO cells have the most similar glycotype tothe human serum antibodies; thus the CHO cells are good host cells formammalian gene expression.

The mechanism of therapeutic antibodies is to form a complex with thetarget molecule, causing neutralization of the target antigen oreliminating the antigen or pathogen through the immunological effect ofthe Fc fragment of the antibody. The specific binding ability ofantibody drugs to target molecules as well as their activity depend ontheir complex multi-level structure and post-translational modification;moreover, as the most important post-translational modification ofantibody, glycosylation plays an important role in the biologicalactivity, metabolism and immunogenicity of the antibodies. Theglycosylation forms of antibody drugs are mainly N-glycosylation,involving such monosaccharides as glucose, galactose, mannose,N-acetylglucosamine, N-acetylgalactosamine, fucose and sialic acid(NANA, NGNA). Based on the amount of terminal galactose, thetwo-branched or multi-branched double-antenna complex oligosaccharidesconnected to Fc fragment Asn297 of the antibody molecule can be dividedinto G0, G1 (1, 3), G1 (1, 6) and G2, and each type can be furtherdivided into 16 subtypes according to the presence of fucose (F) orbisected galactose (B) (Glycobiology, Volume 25, Issue 12, December2015, Pages 1325-1334). Therefore, there are at least 36 types ofoligosaccharides of the antibody heavy chain, even without consideringterminal sialylation or high mannose; meanwhile, as the two heavy chainsof the antibody can be randomly combined to form up to 400 differentglycotypes, the antibody shows high heterogeneity.

Different glycotypes have different effects on the pharmaceuticalproperties of therapeutic antibodies. High mannose (ManS) results inrapid elimination of antibodies in blood and shortens half-life (MAbs,2012, 4 (4): 509-520). GOF promotes complement pathway and accelerateselimination rate. The content of G2F increases in pregnant women andneonatal umbilical cords. Sialic acid modification has a significanteffect on the inflammation of intravenous immunoglobulin. A decrease offucose results in a significant increase of ADCC activity (JBC (2003)Chemistry 278, 3466-3473). Therefore, it is necessary to design andoptimize the carbohydrate chain of therapeutic antibodies according totheir main mechanism of action and therapeutic use.

Unlike protein expression, the glycosylation of the antibodies does nothave a template to follow, and its glycosylation type and proportion ofoligosaccharide components are affected by the host cell type andculture conditions. Methods of modifying the oligosaccharide componentsof monoclonal antibodies by engineering host cells to enhance theirFc-mediated effects are scattered in different literatures and patents.For example, antibodies prepared with the CHO cells overexpressed withβ(1,4)-N-acetylglucosaminyltransferase III (GnT III) have higher ADCCactivity than those expressed in parent cells, and the difference inactivity is about 10 to 20 times (Bio Technol Bioeng. (2001) August 20;74 (4): 288-94). However, the overexpression of GnT III is toxic to theCHO cells and the expression quantity of GnT III tends to decrease asheterogeneous expression increases with the passage number in theculture process. The fucose content of antibodies produced by using GnTIII as host cells will change, thus affecting the uniformity of antibodydrugs. Examples of the cell lines producing nonfucosylated antibodiesalso include Lec13 CHO cells with protein fucosylation defects (Ripka etal. Arch. Biochem. Biophys. 249:533-545 (1986)), but they are notsuitable as the host cells for the production of therapeutic antibodiesdue to their extremely low protein production (Yutaka Kanda et al.Biotechnol Bioeng. (2006) July 5; 94(4):680-8). CHO cells (Yamane-Ohnukiet al. (2004), Biotech. Bioeng. 87:614) with α-1-6 fucosyltransferasegene FUT8 knocked out also result in a decrease in the production ofantibody fucose. In FUT8 knockout cell lines as described inYamane-Ohnuki and Kyowa Hakko patents, a method for controlling antibodyfucose level and improving ADCC (antibody-dependent cell-mediatedcytotoxicity) effect is disclosed. According to this method, theexpression of FUT8 gene in a host cell is inhibited by a specific siRNAso as to reduce the fucose level of antibodies produced by the hostcell. However, this method has the same disadvantages as the CHO celllines overexpressing GnT III described above. First, the host cells haveto be introduced with exogenous sequences; second, only up to about 70%of target genes can be inhibited by siRNA; and finally, the stability ofsiRNA expression may affect the quality properties of antibody drugs.

Recently, new genome editing techniques used for editing host celltarget genes, inactivating the FUT8 enzyme in the cell and lowering thefucose level of antibody have been reported repeatedly in differentliteratures and patents. For example, Malphettes et al. (2010) reportedthat parent cells DG44 were knocked out by the zinc finger nuclease(ZFN) technology to obtain the homozygous FUT8 gene knockout DG44derivative clone, and the antibody produced by this cell line wascompletely free of fucose. Beurdeley et al. (2012) reported that theFUT8 gene of CHO-K1 cells was edited by the TALEN technology, resultingin the loss of FUT8 enzyme activity in the host cells. Again, Sun et al.(2015) reported that editing exon 10 of FUT8 gene by the CRISPR/Cas9technology resulted in loss of FUT8 enzyme activity in CHO-K1 cells.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

In view of the problems that although the existing antibody drugs arebasically limited to single N-glycosylation modification of Fc, theproduction stability is affected by inconsistent and easily changingglycotype components and contents, it is necessary to provide antibodieswith a unique glycan profile produced by genome-edited CHO host cells,and methods for preparing the antibodies. The purpose of the presentinvention is achieved by the following technical means:

In a first aspect, the present invention provides a pair of polypeptidescomprising the amino acid sequences as shown in SEQ ID NO. 10 and SEQ IDNO. 11, or comprising at least 90%, at least 91%, at least 92%, at least93%, at least 94%, at least 95%, at least 96%, at least 97%, at least98% or at least 99% sequence identity to the sequences as shown in SEQID NO. 10 and SEQ ID NO. 11. In some embodiments, the pair ofpolypeptides as shown in SEQ. NO. 10 and SEQ. NO. 11 have the amino acidsequence of the DNA binding domains upstream and downstream of TALENrespectively, and can specifically bind specific base zones of genes.

In a second aspect, the present invention provides a pair ofpolynucleotides encoding the pair of polypeptides as shown in SEQ. NO.10 and SEQ. NO. 11, respectively. In some embodiments, the pair ofpolynucleotides comprise the nucleic acid sequences as shown in SEQ IDNO. 12 and SEQ ID NO. 13, or comprise at least 90%, at least 91%, atleast 92%, at least 93%, at least 94%, at least 95%, at least 96%, atleast 97%, at least 98% or at least 99% sequence identity to thesequences as shown in SEQ ID NO. 12 and SEQ ID NO. 13.

In a third aspect, the present invention provides a pair of fusionproteins formed by fusing a pair of polypeptides described above to theamino acid sequence of a DNA cleavage domain of a transcriptionalactivator-like effector (FokI). In some embodiments, the amino acidsequence of the DNA cleavage domain of the transcription activator-likeeffector (FokI) is natural or artificially modified. In someembodiments, the pair of fusion proteins comprise the amino acidsequences as shown in SEQ ID NO. 14 and SEQ ID NO. 16, or comprise atleast 90%, at least 91%, at least 92%, at least 93%, at least 94%, atleast 95%, at least 96%, at least 97%, at least 98% or at least 99%sequence identity to the sequences as shown in SEQ ID NO. 14 and SEQ IDNO. 16. In some embodiments, the pair of fusion proteins canspecifically recognize two nucleotide sequences of CHO's FUT8 gene. Insome embodiments, the two nucleotide sequences of CHO's FUT8 gene arelocated on the exon 1 (Exonl, SEQ ID NO. 7) of the FUT8 gene. In someembodiments, the two nucleotide sequences of the FUT8 gene comprise thenucleotide sequences as shown in SEQ ID NO. 3 and SEQ ID NO. 4respectively. In some embodiments, a Space between the nucleotidesequences as shown in SEQ ID NO. 3 and SEQ ID NO. 4 comprise thesequence as shown in SEQ ID NO. 5.

In a fourth aspect, the present invention also provides a pair ofnucleotides encoding the pair of fusion proteins respectively. In somepreferred embodiments, the pair of nucleotide comprise the nucleic acidsequences as shown in SEQ ID NO. 15 and SEQ ID NO. 17, or comprise atleast 90%, at least 91%, at least 92%, at least 93%, at least 94%, atleast 95%, at least 96%, at least 97%, at least 98% or at least 99%sequence identity to the sequences as shown in SEQ ID NO. 15 and SEQ IDNO. 17.

In a fifth aspect, the present invention also provides a vector of atleast any one polynucleotide of the pair of polynucleotides. In someembodiments, the vector is a plasmid.

In a sixth aspect, the present invention also provides host cellstransfected with the vector.

In some embodiments, these cells transfected with the vector are thegenome-edited CHO host cells, and their parent cells are derived fromthe CHO-K1 cell lines.

In some embodiments, parent cells of genome-edited CHO host cells areadapted to serum-free suspension culture; and the parent cells are namedas CHO-BAT.

In some embodiments, the parent cells CHO-BAT of the genome-edited CHOhost cells are a subclone of CHO-K1 selected to satisfy one or more ofthe following characteristics:

The cells have high transfection efficiency;

The cells have a short exponential growth time;

The cells have the ability to achieve a high cell density in the CD-CHOculture.

In some embodiments, compared with the parent cells, the genome-editedCHO host cells cause the endogenous α-1,6-fucosyltransferase (FUT8) tolose its enzymatic activity due to the base deletion, insertion andnonsense mutation in certain zones of the FUT8 gene.

The cells do not contain exogenous DNA sequences; The cells as hostcells express recombinant antibodies having unique glycan profilecharacteristics.

In some embodiments, the genome-edited CHO host cells are characterizedin that the genome of exon 1 of the FUT8 gene of the cells is edited,causing the endogenous FUT8 of the cells to loss enzyme activity; andthe cells do not contain the DNA sequence of the expression vectorintroduced in the process of causing base deletion and unintentionalmutation of the FUT8 gene; The cells as host cells express recombinantantibodies having unique glycan profile characteristics arecharacterized by having non-fucosylated N-linked oligosaccharide andother glycan profile characteristics of the antibodies.

In some embodiments, the FUT8 gene of the genome-edited CHO host cellsis knocked out, the cells' lectin LCA binding is negative, and the cellsare named as CHO-BAT-KF.

In a seventh aspect, the present invention provides a kit comprising atleast any one polypeptide of the pair of polypeptides, or at least anyone polynucleotide of the pair of polynucleotides, or at least any onefusion protein of the pair of fusion proteins, or the vector, or thehost cell.

In an eighth aspect, the present invention provides a use of the pair ofpolypeptides/polynucleotides/fusion proteins, or the vector in the FUT8gene-edited CHO cells.

In a ninth aspect, the present invention provides a use of the pair ofpolypeptides/polynucleotides/fusion proteins, or the vector or the hostcell in the production of antibodies, especially the antibodies withunique glycan profile, or provides the antibodies produced by the pairof polypeptides/polynucleotides/fusion proteins, or the vector or thehost cell.

In a tenth aspect, the present invention provides a method for editingthe FUT8 gene of CHO, comprising the following steps: transferring thepair of fusion proteins or the pair of polynucleotides or the vectorinto the CHO cells, incubating at 37° C. for 14 days, and obtaining theFUT8 gene knockout CHO cells through pressure screening and limiteddilution. Refer to Wood et al., J Immunol. 145:3011 (1990) for exemplarymethods.

In an eleventh aspect, the present invention provides a method forpreparing a recombinant antibody with a unique glycan profile producedby genome-edited CHO host cells, comprising the following steps:

(1) transfecting the CHO cells (e.g. wild-type CHO cells) with the pairof fusion proteins or the pair of polynucleotides or the vector, andobtaining the FUT8 gene knockout CHO cells through pressure screeningand limited dilution;

(2) electrically transfecting the FUT8 gene knockout CHO cells with theplasmid encoding the antibody gene expression cassette, and obtainingstable CHO cell lines secreting antibodies through pressure screeningand limited dilution;

as a preferred embodiment, the vector is transfected into wild-type CHOcells described in step (1); more preferably, the plasmid is stablytransfected into wild-type CHO cells;

as a preferred embodiment, the CHO cell is CHO-K1; more preferably, theCHO-K1 is adapted to serum-free culture.

As a preferred embodiment, the antibody is an anti-CD20 antibody; morepreferably, the antibody is a humanized or full human anti-CD20antibody; more preferably, the antibody is BAT4306F; more preferably,the antibody BAT4306F comprises two light chains as shown in SEQ ID NO.20 and two heavy chains as shown in SEQ ID NO. 21. The inventor hasadopted the method, cells, polypeptides and the like of the presentinvention to prepare various types of antibodies. It is found throughresearch that different types of the prepared antibodies all show highlyconsistent glycotype and low heterogeneity, which means that the method,cells and the like of the present invention are suitable for thepreparation of all types of antibodies. In one embodiment, the antibodybinds CD20. In one embodiment, the CD20 binding antibody is a humanizedantibody. In a preferred embodiment, the humanized antibody BAT4306F hasa heavy chain variable zone B-HH6 amino acid sequence and a light chainvariable zone B-KV1 amino acid sequence from the B-Lyl antibody sequencein WO2005044859. BAT4306F antibody comprises a pair of light and heavychains of the following sequences: SEQ ID NO. 20 and SEQ ID NO. 21. Inone embodiment, the CD20 binding antibody is a full human antibodyBAT4406F, which comprises a pair of light and heavy chains of thefollowing sequences: SEQ ID NO. 22 and SEQ ID NO. 23. In one embodiment,the antibody is BAT1206F, and the BAT1206F antibody comprises two lightchains as shown in SEQ ID NO. 18 and two heavy chains as shown in SEQ IDNO. 19. In one embodiment, the antibody is BAT0206F, and BAT0206F bindsto EGFR, and comprises two light chains as shown in SEQ ID NO. 24 andtwo heavy chains as shown in SEQ ID NO. 25. In one embodiment, theantibody is BAT0808, and BAT0808 binds to Trop2, and comprises two lightchains as shown in SEQ ID NO. 26 and two heavy chains as shown in SEQ IDNO. 27. In some embodiments, the modified glycoprotein is secreted by ahost cell. In some embodiments, the modified glycoprotein is anantibody.

As an exemplary embodiment, the present invention provides a method forpreparing a recombinant antibody with unique glycan profile produced bythe genome-edited CHO host cell or an antibody produced by the method,comprising the following specific steps:

Transfect the pair of fusion proteins or the pair of polynucleotides orthe vector into the wild-type CHO cells, adding CD CHO (Sigma)+10% FBS(fetal calf serum) containing phytohemagglutinin (LCA) into thetransfected cells and perform the pressure screening; after 14 days,seed the surviving cells into a 96-well cell culture plate at 0.5cells/well, and decrease the serum concentration to 5%; after 7 days,transfer the cells into a 24-well cell culture plate, incubate in a 37CCO₂ incubator for 7 days. Then, take out some cells, centrifuge at 1000rpm for 5 min, resuspend in PBS, mix 2 μl of fluorescein labeled LCAwith the cells, and incubating on ice for 30 min. Next, wash the cellswith PBS once and read fluorescence on a flow cytometry (BD, C6); takethe untransfected wild-type CHO cells as negative control. Transferpositive cells to a 6-well cell culture plate, and decrease the serumconcentration to 1%; after 7 days, transfer cells to a small shakeflask, and taking serum-free CD CHO as the medium. Then, thedomestication process is completed. Use a plasmid extraction kit (Omega)to extract the CHO genome from some cells. By taking the genome as atemplate, carry out the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) with the primersL130for (SEQ ID NO. 1), L130rev (SEQ ID NO. 2) and taq enzyme, andcatalyzes the joining of the PCR product and T-vector (Promega),transform into E. coli competent cells, and coat plates. On the nextday, pick single colonies, and sequence with T7 primer. Analyze thesequences by the DNASTAR analysis software, compared with the wild-typeCHO genome sequence, colony with base deletions expands in culture andis named as CHO-BAT-KE Establish a cell bank for CHO-BAT-KF when thecells being at logarithmic growth phase, and freezing the cells with CDCHO cryoprotectant containing 7.5% of DMSO, and transfer them to aliquid nitrogen tank for long-term storage. Linearize the plasmidencoding the antibody gene, measure OD260, mix 50 μg of plasmid with 10′CHO-BAT-KF in electric rotor, transfect with an electroporator (Biorad),seed the cell into a 96-well cell culture plate, and add methioninesulfoximine (MSX) after 48 h. After 14 days, coat the ELISA plate withan anti-FC multi-antibody; after blocking with 3% BSA, add supernatantto the plate and incubate at 37° C. for 2 h. Wash with PBST for 5 times,add anti-HRP labeled goat anti-human kappa/lambda light chain, 2M H₂SO₄,and read OD450 value on a microplate reader. The colonies with hightiter are expanded, and the cell supernatant is collected bycentrifugation to obtain the fucose-knocked antibody protein.

The present invention also provides a cell, which is a genome-edited CHOhost cell.

The edited FUT8 gene of the genome-edited CHO host cells described abovecomprise the sequence as shown in SEQ ID NO. 28, or the sequencecomprising at least 90%, at least 91%, at least 92%, at least 93%, atleast 94%, at least 95%, at least 96%, at least 97%, at least 98%, atleast 99%, at least 99.5%, or at least 99.8% sequence identity to thesequence as shown in SEQ ID NO. 28.

The present invention also provides a nucleic acid comprising a sequenceas shown in SEQ ID NO. 28, or a nucleic acid comprising at least 90%, atleast 91%, at least 92%, at least 93%, at least 94%, at least 95%, atleast 96%, at least 97%, at least 98%, at least 99%, at least 99.5%, orat least 99.8% sequence identity to the sequence as shown in SEQ ID NO.28.

The invention also provides a CHO host cell preserved in China Centerfor Type Culture Collection (CCTCC NO: C2017127; date: Aug. 10, 2017;address: Wuhan University, Wuhan, China; classified designation:CHO-BAT-KF FUT8(−/−)).

In some embodiments, the host cell is kept in a serum-free medium. Insome embodiments, the host cell is kept in a suspension culture. Theinvention also relates to a medium containing the host cells and aculture fermenter containing multiple host cells in the medium. In someembodiments, the medium is serum-free.

In a twelfth aspect, the present invention provides an antibody, whichis a recombinant antibody with a unique glycan profile produced by thegenome-edited CHO host cell. The antibody is a humanized or full humanantibody having a unique glycosylation mode, a low heterogeneity ofN-glycosylation and a significantly increased ADCC effect.

In some embodiments, the recombinant antibody with a unique glycanprofile produced by the genome-edited CHO host cell is a humanizedantibody binding CD20 on the cell membrane surface.

In some embodiments, the recombinant antibody with a unique glycanprofile produced by the genome-edited CHO host cell has a uniqueglycosylation mode characterized in a change in the level of one or moresaccharide fractions of the antibody N-linked polysaccharide has aunique glycosylation mode, wherein the saccharide fractions are selectedfrom glucose (Glc), fucose (Fuc), galactose (Gal), mannose (Man), highmannose, glucosamine, G0 and acetylglucosamine (GlcNAc).

The characteristics of glycosylation mode satisfy one or more of thefollowing preferred conditions:

The fucose content of the antibody is very low; (0-5%)

The galactose level of the antibody is low; (≤30%)

The mannose level of the antibody is low; (≤5%)

The high mannose level of the antibody is low; (≤5%)

The G0 level of the antibody is high. (≥60%)

In some embodiments, the antibody has a low galactose level, ≤5%.

In some embodiments, the antibody has a high G0 level, ≥80%.

In some embodiments, the recombinant antibody with a unique glycanprofile produced by the genome-edited CHO host cell satisfies thepreferred condition that the fucose content is 0.

In some embodiments, the recombinant antibody with a unique glycanprofile produced by the genome-edited CHO host cell has extremely lowheterogeneity of N-polysaccharide and uniform carbohydrate chain.

In some embodiments, the recombinant antibody with a unique glycanprofile produced by the genome-edited CHO host cell has a strong ADCCeffect of Fc.

In some embodiments, the antibody has a glycan profile as shown forBAT4306F in the upper FIG. 10 of the Specification.

In some embodiments, the BAT4306F comprises two light chains as shown inSEQ ID NO. 20 and two heavy chains as shown in SEQ ID NO. 21; however,it is not excluded that these sequences are mutated as long as thesemutations do not affect the function of the antibody.

In a thirteenth aspect, the present invention provides a FUT8 geneknockout CHO host cell, and the first exon of the FUT8 gene in this CHOhost cell contains an inactivating mutation. This mutation may be one ormore amino acid substitutions or deletions, or a frameshift mutation asshown in FIG. 6.

The present invention also provides a pharmaceutical compositioncomprising the antibody. As a preferred embodiment, the pharmaceuticalcomposition also contains a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier.

The present invention also provides a method for preventing/treating adisease, comprising administering an effective amount of theantibody/fragment thereof disclosed herein to a subject in need thereof.In some embodiments, the disease is selected from the group consistingof cancer, anaphylaxis, cardiovascular disease, inflammatory disease,metabolic disease, neurological disease, viral infection, and/orbacterial infection. For example, the disease may be cancer oranaphylaxis. In some embodiments, the subject is mammal, such as a humanbeing.

Compared with the existing antibody drugs, the present invention has thefollowing advantages:

At present, the marketed antibody drugs are basically limited to thesingle N-glycosylation modification of Fc, however, due to inconsistentglycotype compositions and contents and easy changes, are complicated toa certain extent, especially posing a challenge to their stableproduction. According to the present invention, the recombinant antibodywith unique glycan profile produced by the genome-edited CHO host cellhas low N-glycosylation heterogeneity and good carbohydrate chainuniformity; at the same time, its ADCC effect is enhanced, and thus itgreatly improves the quality and pharmaceutical properties of antibodydrugs.

Compared with the corresponding antibody produced by the unmodifiedCHO-K1 (ATCC # CCL-61) or suspension-adapted parent cell CHO-BAT, thebinding affinity of the antibody to the FcγRIIIA receptor is increased.

The modified host cells produce antibodies that have an enhancedaffinity for FcγRIIIA compared with the corresponding antibodiesproduced by the unmodified host cells.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 shows an anchorage-dependent CHO-K1(ATCC # CCL-61) and a CHO-BATcell line adapted to suspension growth in serum-free medium.

FIG. 2 shows a profile of TALEN expression plasmid pCS2-Fok1.

FIG. 3 shows an electrophoretogram for functional verification of TALENprotein. The electrophoresis chart of wild-type cells is located in theleft side. After gene editing, expectedly, the PCR products of cellgenome showed two bands of 500 BP and 750 BP, while that of the wildtype only showed a single band of 750 BP. This proves that the Talenprotein pair is functional. Lane 1: 100 bp marker; Lane 2: wt; Lane 3:pool.

FIG. 4 shows the cells growing on 24-well plates analyzed by FACS,wherein the gene-edited cell clones labeled with FITC-labeled LCA bindthe negative cells, and the wild-type cells labeled with FITC-labeledLCA bind the cells positively.

FIG. 5 shows the carbohydrate chain chip analysis, wherein the fucosecontent of the submitted gene-edited clones 41 and 43 is reduced to0-10%, while the fucose content of the wild-type antibody 1206 is 80%.

FIG. 6 shows the sequencing of the target sequence of TALEN proteinafter PCR amplification, with the results being compared by thelasergeneMegAlign sequence analysis software. 191-1, 191-2, 217-1, 217-3are four selected clones with regulated genomes. Genomes were extractedas DNA templates, PCR reaction was performed with primers L130for andL130rev, and CEL-1 base mismatch analysis was performed on theamplification products. The results show that cell clones 191-1 and191-2 were heterozygous and cell clones 217-1 and 217-3 were homozygous.According to the comparison of results, the genome-edited homozygote217-1 and 217-3 were selected and designated as CHO-2G8 and CHO-1D6.CHO-2G8 was finally selected as the host cell for subsequentexperiments, and the host cell was named as CHO-BAT-KF.

FIG. 7 shows the comparison of the growth density of CHO-BAT-KF to theparent cell CHO-BAT.

FIG. 8 shows the comparison of the growth viability of CHO-BAT-KF to theparent cell CHO-BAT.

FIG. 9 shows analysis of N-polysaccharides from BAT4306F and 4306antibody molecules performed by MALDI-TOF MS. Each N-polysaccharide fromBAT4306F was one fucose less than that from 4306. The chart on the leftis the antibody molecules 4306 produced by parent cells and the chart onthe right is BAT4306F antibody molecules.

FIG. 10 shows that BAT4306F has lower fucose content, lower carbohydratechain heterogeneity and better product uniformity than GAZYVA(Obinutuzumab).

FIG. 11 shows the comparison of ADCC effects among anti-CD20 antibodiessuch as BAT4306 wild type, carbohydrate chain modified BAT4306F,Obinutuzumab and Rituximab using Raji as target cells and PBMC aseffector cells.

FIG. 12 shows the comparison of the ability among three carbohydratechain modified antibodies BAT4306F, Obinutuzumab and rituximab todeplete B cells in whole blood in vitro at concentrations of 50, 25, and10 ng/mL.

FIG. 13 shows the comparison of the glycan profile among the anti-CD20antibodies BAT4306F and BAT4406F, the anti-EGFR antibody BAT0206F, andthe anti-Trop2 antibody BAT0808 produced by CHO-BAT-KF cells.

The genome-edited CHO host cell of the invention is preserved in ChinaCenter for Type Culture Collection (CCTCC NO: C2017127; date: Aug. 10,2017; address: Wuhan University, Wuhan, China; classified designation:CHO-BAT-KF FUT8(−/−)).

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

The technical scheme of the present invention is further described incombination with the detailed embodiments, which do not representlimitations to the protection scope of the present invention.Non-essential modifications and adjustments made by others according tothe concept of the present invention shall still fall into theprotection scope of the present invention.

It should be noted that in the present invention, “level” or “content”of the saccharide fraction of the antibody has the same meaning,indicating the mass ratio of a certain saccharide fraction in allsaccharide fractions of the antibody.

According to the present invention, an “amino acid” refers to acarboxyl-α-amino acid, which may be encoded by a nucleic acid directlyor in the form of precursor. A single amino acid is encoded by nucleicacid consisting of three nucleotides (so-called codons or base triple).Each amino acid is encoded by at least one codon. The encoding of thesame amino acid by different codons is called “degeneracy of geneticcode”. The term “amino acid” used in the present application refers tothe naturally occurring carboxyl-α-amino acid, which includes alanine(three-letter code: ala, one letter code: A), arginine (arg, R),asparagine (asn, N), asparagine (asn, D), cysteine (cys, C), glutamine(gln, Q), glutamic acid (glu, E), glycine (gly, G), histidine (his, H),isoleucine (ile, I), leucine (leu, L), lysine (lys, K), methionine (met,M), phenylalanine (phe, F), proline (pro, P), serine (ser, S), threonine(thr, T), tryptophan (trp, W), tyrosine (tyr, Y) and valine (val, V).

In the present invention, the terms “polynucleotide” or “nucleic acid”or “nucleic acid sequence” are used interchangeably and refer to polymermolecules consisting of mononucleotide (also called bases) a, c, g, andt (or u in RNA), such as DNA, RNA, or modified forms thereof. Thepolynucleotide molecule may be a naturally occurring polynucleotidemolecule, or a synthetic polynucleotide molecule, or a combination ofone or more naturally occurring polynucleotide molecules and one or moresynthetic polynucleotide molecules. The definition also includesnaturally occurring polynucleotide molecules in which one or morenucleotides are altered (e.g., by mutagenesis), deleted, or added. Thenucleic acids may be isolated or integrated into another nucleic acidssuch as expression cassettes, plasmids or chromosomes of the host cells.The nucleic acids are characterized by a nucleic acid sequenceconsisting of a mononucleotide. The operation and method for convertingamino acid sequences such as polypeptides into corresponding nucleicacid sequences encoding the amino acid sequences are well known to thoseskilled in the art. Therefore, nucleic acids can be characterized bytheir nucleic acid sequences consisting of mononucleotide or by theamino acid sequences of the polypeptides encoded by them.

Also, the terms “polynucleotide” or “nucleic acid” or “nucleic acidsequence” may contain modified nucleotides in percentage of the totalnumber of nucleotides present in the nucleic acid molecule, such as atleast about 5%, 10%, 15%, 20%, 25%, 30%, 35%, 40%, 45%, 50%, 55%, 60%,65%, 70%, 75%, 80%, 85%, 90%, 95% or 100% modified nucleotides.

The term “polypeptide” in the present invention is a polymer comprisingamino acids linked by peptide bonds, which can be produced naturally orsynthetically. Polypeptides with less than about 20 amino acid residuesmay be referred to as “peptides”, however, molecules consisting of twoor more peptides or molecules containing one polypeptide with more than100 amino acid residues may be referred to as “proteins”. Polypeptidesmay also contain non-amino acid components such as glycosyls, metalions, or carboxylic acid esters. Non-amino acid components can be addedby cells expressing this polypeptide and can vary with the type ofcells. A polypeptide is defined herein according to its amino acidbackbone structure or nucleic acid encoding it. The addition ofglycosyl, for example, is generally not specified, but may be allowed.Also, the “polypeptide” may contain modified amino acids in percentageof the total number of amino acids present in the amino acid molecule,such as at least about 5%, 10%, 15%, 20%, 25%, 30%, 35%, 40%, 45%, 50%,55%, 60%, 65%, 70%, 75%, 80%, 85%, 90%, 95% or 100% modified aminoacids.

In the present invention, the term “host cell” refers to a microorganismor eukaryotic cell or cell line cultured in a mononuclear entity, whichmay be or has been used as a recipient of a recombinant vector or othertransferred polynucleotide, and includes an offspring of the transfectedoriginal cell. In some embodiments, the host cells are non-lymphocytes,and the host cells produce the same unique glycan profile. In someembodiments, the host cells are, such as NSO cells, simian COS cells,Chinese hamster ovary (CHO) cells, etc. In some embodiments, the hostcells are selected from Chinese hamster ovary (CHO) cells. In someembodiments, the host cells are selected from CHO-K1, CHO-S, DUXB11,CHO-1E5, CHO3F, CHO/DG44, CHO-BAT and CHO-2.6 cells. In someembodiments, the host cells generate antibodies that exhibit a uniqueglycan profile. The genome-edited CHO host cells of the presentinvention, such as CHO-BAT-KF FUT8(−/−) can be grown in a culture anddevices (including fermenters) that can be used to grow the culture.They can grow into a single layer or attach to a surface; alternatively,the host cells may grow in suspension. The cells can grow in serum-freemedium. The medium may be a commercially available medium such as, butnot limited to, DMEM/F12. The edited CHO host cells can maintain itsspecific unique glycan profile in the medium for many generations. Forexample, the edited CHO host cells retain their specific unique glycanprofile for at least about 20, 30, 40 or 50 generations. In someembodiments, the modified CHO host cells retain their unique glycanprofile for at least about 60 generations. In another embodiment, themodified CHO host cells retain their unique glycan profile for at leastabout 100, 150, 200, 500, 1000 or more generations.

The glycosylation mode of the host cells may be N- or O-glycosylation ofany protein moiety, wherein one or more glucose molecules may be addedto amide nitrogen of asparagine or hydroxyl oxygen of hydroxylysine,hydroxyproline, serine or threonine, respectively. The glycosylationmode is characterized by a change in the level of at least two or moreglucose molecules or saccharides, such as monosaccharides,disaccharides, polysaccharides or oligosaccharides. For example, theglucose molecules may be trisaccharides, tetrasaccharides, pentoses,hexasaccharides, heptoses, octasaccharides, nonasaccharides, orderivatives thereof, such as deoxysaccharides (e.g.,deoxyhexasaccharides); N- or O-substituted derivatives such as sialicacid; or saccharides with amino groups. The glucose molecules mayinclude, but are not limited to, galactose (Gal), glucose (Glc), mannose(Man), N-acetylneuraminic acid (NeuAc), fucose (Fuc),N-acetylgalactosamine (GalNAc), N-acetylglucosamine (GlcNAc) and xylose.The glucose molecules can be linked to other glucose molecules by α or βlinking.

The term “antibody” of the present invention includes all forms ofantibodies, such as recombinant antibodies, humanized antibodies,chimeric antibodies, single chain antibodies, fusion antibodies,monoclonal antibodies and polyclonal antibodies. The antibodies may alsobe fragments. The antibodies can also bind drugs, toxins or therapeuticradioisotopes. The host cells of the present invention may also producebispecific antibody fusion proteins, including hybrid antibodies thatbind more than one antigen. Thus, antibodies include naked antibodiesand binding antibodies as well as antibody fragments, and they may besingle-specific or multi-specific.

As alternative embodiments, the antibodies or fragments thereof are notparticularly limited to and may be selected from anti-HER2, anti-CD20,anti-EGF, anti-VEGF, anti-PDGF, anti-EpCam, anti-CD3, anti-CD4,anti-CD19, anti-CD30, anti-CD33, anti-CD40, anti-CD51, anti-CD55,anti-CD80, anti-CD95, anti-CCR2, anti-CCR3, anti-CCR4, anti-CCR5,anti-folic acids, anti-CXCR4, anti-EGFR or Trop2 antibodies, etc. Aspreferred embodiments, the antibodies are humanized or full humanantibodies.

In a pharmaceutical composition of the present invention, apharmaceutical preparation for storing the antibodies of the presentinvention is prepared in the form of a lyophilized preparation or anaqueous solution by mixing the antibodies with a desired degree ofpurity with optional physiologically acceptable carriers, excipients orstabilizers (Remington's Pharmaceutical Sciences 16th edition, Osol, A.Ed. (1980)). Acceptable carriers, excipients or stabilizers arenon-toxic to the recipient at the dose and concentration applied, andinclude buffer solutions such as phosphates, citrates and other organicacids; antioxidants such as corbic acid and methionine; preservatives(such as benzyldimethyl octadecyl ammonium chloride; hexamethyl ammoniumchloride; benzalkonium chloride, benzethonium chloride; phenol, butanolorbenzyl alcohol; alkyl p-hydroxybenzoates, such as methyl or propylp-hydroxybenzoate; catechol; resorcinol; cyclohexanol; 3-propanol andm-cresol); low molecular weight (less than about 10 residues)polypeptides; proteins such as serum albumin, gelatin, orimmunoglobulin; hydrophilic polymers such as polyvinylpyrrolidone; aminoacids such as glycine, glutamine, asparagine, histidine, arginine orlysine; monosaccharides, disaccharides and other carbohydrates such asglucose, mannose or dextrin; chelating agents such as EDTA; saccharidessuch as sucrose, mannitol, trehalose or sorbitol; salt-forming counterions such as sodium; metal complexes (e.g. Zn-protein complexes); and/ornonionic surfactants such as Tween, Pluronics™ or polyethylene glycol(PEG).

The antibodies, pharmaceutical compositions and pharmaceuticalpreparations of the present invention may be administered by anysuitable means, including parenteral, subcutaneous, intraperitoneal,intrapulmonary and intranasal means; and, if necessary, intralesionaladministration may be used for local immunosuppressive treatment. Theparenteral perfusion includes intramuscular, intravenous, intraarterial,intraperitoneal or subcutaneous administrations. In addition, theantibody of the present invention can be suitably administered by pulsedperfusion (in particular, dose gradient changes of the antibodies of thepresent invention). Depending on the administration time, preferably,the injection administration is used; more preferably, intravenous orsubcutaneous injection is used. ADCC (antibody-dependent cell-mediatedcytotoxicity) refers to a cell-mediated reaction in which the effectorcells expressing FCR (e.g., natural killer (NK) cells, neutrophils, andmacrophages) recognize the antibodies bound to target cells and thenlyse the target cells. Primary cells used to mediate ADCC include NKcells, monocytes and macrophages. In general, NK cells mainly expressFcγRIII, while monocytes express FcγRI, FcγRII and FcγRIII. In thepresent invention, the maternal CHO cell line is edited to produce a CHOcell line with a unique glycan profile. The edited CHO cell line canthen produce antibodies with higher ADCC activity than antibodiesproduced by the maternal CHO cells.

Example 1 Screening of Parent Cells Adapted to Serum-Free SuspensionCulture

CHO-K1 was cultured in DMEM/F12 medium containing 10% FBS. When the cellconfluence reached 80%-90%, washed with PBS and digest with trypsin.Then, terminated by DMEM/F12 medium containing 5% FBS, counted andcentrifuged. Resuspended the cells in DMEM/F12 medium containing 5% FBSand seeded the cells at a density of 1×10⁵ cells/ml. When the cellconfluence reached 80%-90%, washed with PBS and digest with trypsin.Then, terminated by the DMEM/F12 medium containing 2% FBS, counted andcentrifuged. Resuspended the cells in the DMEM/F12 medium containing 2%FBS and seeded at a density of 1×10⁵ cells/ml. When the cell confluencereached 80%-90%, digested the cells with trypsin according to theprevious steps, terminated by the DMEM/F12 medium containing 1% FBS, andcarried out passage for 3-4 generations. Mixed the CD CHO medium withDMEM/F12 at a ratio of 1:1 (V/V), adjusted the final concentration to 6mM glutamine, and adjusted the serum content to 1%. The CHO-K1 cellsobtained above adapted to low serum culture were seeded into a T25 flaskat a density of 3×10⁵ cells/mL and were incubated in a 5% CO₂ incubatorat 37° C. When the cell confluence reached 80-90%, digested the cellswith trypsin and terminate by the mixed medium of DMEM/F12 containing 1%FBS and CD CHO medium (volume ratio 1:2), counted and centrifuged,seeded into a T25 flask at a density of 3×10⁵ cells/ml, and incubated ina 5% CO₂ incubator at 37° C. Gradually reduced the ratio of DMEM/F12 inthe mixture medium to (1:8) until the cell survival rate was more than90%, which means that the DMEM/F12 component in the cell medium could becompletely eliminated, and the CHO-K1 cell which adapted in chemicalcomposition limitative CD CHO medium containing 1% serum wasestablished. Then CHO-K1 was cultured in chemical composition limitativeCD CHO medium containing 1% FBS. When cell confluence reached 80%-90%,washed with PBS and digested with trypsin. Then, terminated by the CDCHO medium containing 0.5% FBS, counted and centrifuged. Resuspended thecells in the CD CHO medium containing 0.5% FBS and seeded in a T25 flaskat a density of 1×10⁵ cells/ml. When the cell viability reached 80%-90%,washed the cells with PBS and digested with trypsin. Then, terminated bythe CD CHO medium containing 0.25% FBS, counted and centrifuged.Resuspended the cells in the CD CHO medium containing 0.25% FBS andseeded at a density of 1×10⁵ cells/ml. Until the cells grew healthily atthis stage, started the next stage of decreasing serum concentration.After limiting dilution of CHO-K1 cells adapted to serum-free CD CHOculture, seeded into thirty 96-well plates, and adjusted the celldensity to 1 cell/well. After two weeks, marked the monoclonal cellsthrough microscopic examination. Transferred the clones with large cellarea to a 24-well plate. After one week, marked the clones with highgrowth density and with consistent cell size through microscopicexamination, and then transferred to a 6-well plate for further culture.After one week, clones that were completely suspended, lessagglomerated, and had a denser cell density were marked throughmicroscopic examination, and transferred each clone to a 100-mltriangular flask with a culture volume of 10 ml, respectively. Recordedthe density and viability of each cell. CHO-K1 cells domesticated andadapted to serum-free culture were renamed CHO-BAT.

Example 2 Construction of FUT8 TALEN Recombinant Plasmid

The complete genome sequence (NW-003613860) of CHO-K1 of Chinese hamsterovarian cancer cells was analyzed to obtain the FUT8 genome sequence(Gene ID: 100751648) and its cDNA (see Table 1, SEQ ID NO. 8) sequence.The FUT8 genome consists of 9 exons and 11 introns. As the activitycenter of FUT8 enzyme is composed of amino acids (underlined amino acidsequence of SEQ ID NO. 9) encoded by exon 1 (SEQ ID NO. 7), the left andright flanks of exon 1 of FUT8 gene were designed as TALEN targetsequences. FUT8 TALEN protein L130P (SEQ ID NO. 10) and R184P (SEQ IDNO. 11) were designed according to the TALEN design guidelines and thegene editing mechanism. L130P and FokI endonucleases formed a fusionprotein L130-FokI (SEQ ID NO. 14), which recognized the left-wing baseL130PTN (SEQ ID NO. 3) in exon 1, and the corresponding nucleic acidsequence L130-FokIN of the fusion protein L130-FokI is shown in SEQ IDNO. 15 with a length of 19 bp. R184P and Fold endonucleases formed afusion protein R184-FokI (SEQ ID NO. 16), which recognized theright-wing base R184PTN (SEQ ID NO. 4) in exon 1, and the correspondingnucleic acid sequence R184P-FokIN of the fusion protein R184P-FokI isshown in SEQ ID NO. 17 with a length of 17 bp. The plasmid vector (seeFIG. 2) containing TALEN protein encoding the left-wing L130PTN and theright-wing R184PTN of the exon 1 was constructed as described in TomasCermak et al. (2011). The restriction endonucleases NcoI and XbaIcleavage sites were added at both ends of L130-FokIN and R184P-FokIN.Synthesized these two sequences, and cloned them into pCS2-peas-T vectorusing NcoI and XbaI (FIG. 2). The left-wing binding sequence and theright-wing binding sequence had a gap sequence of 19 bp in length(Space, SEQ ID NO. 5). The DNA sequencing results of the two plasmidsL130N and R184N of FUT8 TALEN are shown in Table 1, SEQ ID NO. 12 andSEQNO. 13. The nucleic acid sequences such as L130N and R184N weretranslated into amino acids, and the amino acid sequences L130P andR184P of the corresponding sequences are shown in Table 1, SEQ ID NO. 10and SEQ ID NO. 11.

TABLE 1 Sequence table L130for gggtagctaattgtctttcag SEQ ID NO. 1L130rev taaatgccactgcttctata SEQ ID NO. 2 L130PTN tccaagattcttgcaaagctSEQ ID NO. 3 R184PTN aatgaagacttgaggaga SEQ ID NO. 4 Spaceggagcgcttaaaacaacaa SEQ ID NO. 5 PCR productGGGTAGCTAATTGTCTTTCAGCCTCCTGGCCAAAGATACCATGAA SEQ IDAGTCAACTTACGTTGTATTCTATATCTCAAACAACTCAGGGTGTT NO. 6TCTTACTCTTTCCACAGCATGTAGAGCCCAGGAAGCACAGGACAAGAAAGCTGCCTCCTTGTATCACCAGGAAGATCTTTTTGTAAGAGTCATCACAGTATACCAGAGAGACTAATTTTGTCTGAAGCATCATGTGTTGAAACAACAGAAACTTATTTTCCTGTGTGGCTAACTAGAACCAGAGTACAATGTTTCCAATTCTTTGAGCTCCGAGAAGACAGAAGGGAGTTGAAACTCTGAAAATGCGGGCATGGACTGGTTCCTGGCGTTGGATTATGCTCATTCTTTTTGCCTGGGGGACCTTATTGTTTTATATAGGTGGTCATTTGGTTCGAGATAATGACCACCCTGACCATTCTAGCAGAGAACTCTCCAAGATTCTTGCAAAGCTGGAGCGCTTAAAACAACAAAATGAAGACTTGAGGAGAATGGCTGAGTCTCTCCGGTAGGTTTGAAATACTCAAGGATTTGATGAAATACTGTGCTTGACCTTTAGGTATAGGGTCTCAGTCTGCTGTTGAAAAATATAATTTCTACAAACCGTCTTTGTAAAATTTTAAGTATTGTAGCAGACTTTTTAAAAGTCAGTGATACATCTATATAGTCAATATAGGTTTACATAGTTGCAATCTTATTTTGCATATGAATCAGTATATAGAAGCAGTGGCATT TA Exon1ATGCGGGCATGGACTGGTTCCTGGCGTTGGATTATGCTCATTCTT SEQ IDTTTGCCTGGGGGACCTTATTGTTTTATATAGGTGGTCATTTGGTTC NO. 7GAGATAATGACCACCCTGACCATTCTAGCAGAGAACTCTCCAAGATTCTTGCAAAGCTGGAGCGCTTAAAACAACAAAATGAAGACTT GAGGAGAATGGCTGAGTCTCTCCGGFUT8 cDNA ATGCGGGCATGGACTGGTTCCTGGCGTTGGATTATGCTCATTCTT SEQ IDTTTGCCTGGGGGACCTTATTGTTTTATATAGGTGGTCATTTGGTTC NO. 8GAGATAATGACCACCCTGACCATTCTAGCAGAGAACTCTCCAAGATTCTTGCAAAGCTGGAGCGCTTAAAACAACAAAATGAAGACTTGAGGAGAATGGCTGAGTCTCTCCGAATACCAGAAGGCCCTATTGATCAGGGGACAGCTACAGGAAGAGTCCGTGTTTTAGAAGAACAGCTTGTTAAGGCCAAAGAACAGATTGAAAATTACAAGAAACAAGCTAGGAATGATCTGGGAAAGGATCATGAAATCTTAAGGAGGAGGATTGAAAATGGAGCTAAAGAGCTCTGGTTTTTTCTACAAAGTGAATTGAAGAAATTAAAGAAATTAGAAGGAAACGAACTCCAAAGACATGCAGATGAAATTCTTTTGGATTTAGGACATCATGAAAGGTCTATCATGACAGATCTATACTACCTCAGTCAAACAGATGGAGCAGGTGAGTGGCGGGAAAAAGAAGCCAAAGATCTGACAGAGCTGGTCCAGCGGAGAATAACATATCTGCAGAATCCCAAGGACTGCAGCAAAGCCAGAAAGCTGGTATGTAATATCAACAAAGGCTGTGGCTATGGATGTCAACTCCATCATGTGGTTTACTGCTTCATGATTGCTTATGGCACCCAGCGAACACTCATCTTGGAATCTCAGAATTGGCGCTATGCTACTGGAGGATGGGAGACTGTGTTTAGACCTGTAAGTGAGACATGCACAGACAGGTCTGGCCTCTCCACTGGACACTGGTCAGGTGAAGTGAAGGACAAAAATGTTCAAGTGGTCGAGCTCCCCATTGTAGACAGCCTCCATCCTCGTCCTCCTTACTTACCCTTGGCTGTACCAGAAGACCTTGCAGATCGACTCCTGAGAGTCCATGGTGATCCTGCAGTGTGGTGGGTATCCCAGTTTGTCAAATACTTGATCCGTCCACAACCTTGGCTGGAAAGGGAAATAGAAGAAACCACCAAGAAGCTTGGCTTCAAACATCCAGTTATTGGAGTCCATGTCAGACGCACTGACAAAGTGGGAACAGAAGCAGCCTTCCATCCCATTGAGGAATACATGGTACACGTTGAAGAACATTTTCAGCTTCTCGAACGCAGAATGAAAGTGGATAAAAAAAGAGTGTATCTGGCCACTGATGACCCTTCTTTGTTAAAGGAGGCAAAGACAAAGTACTCCAATTATGAATTTATTAGTGATAACTCTATTTCTTGGTCAGCTGGACTACACAACCGATACACAGAAAATTCACTTCGGGGCGTGATCCTGGATATACACTTTCTCTCCCAGGCTGACTTCCTTGTGTGTACTTTTTCATCCCAGGTCTGTAGGGTTGCTTATGAAATCATGCAAACACTGCATCCTGATGCCTCTGCAAACTTCCATTCTTTAGATGACATCTACTATTTTGGAGGCCAAAATGCCCACAACCAGATTGCAGTTTATCCTCACCAACCTCGAACTAAAGAGGAAATCCCCATGGAACCTGGAGATATCATTGGTGTGGCTGGAAACCATTGGAATGGTTACTCTAAAGGTGTCAACAGAAAACTAGGAAAAACAGGCCTGTACCCTTCCTACAAAGTCCGAGAGAAGATAGAAACAGTCAAATACCCTACATATCCTGAAGCTGAAAAATAG FUT8 proteinMRAWTGSWRWIMLILFAWGTLLFYIGGHLVRDNDHPDHSSRELSKI SEQ IDLAKLERLKQQNEDLRRMAESLRIPEGPIDQGTATGRVRVLEEQLVK NO. 9AKEQIENYKKQARNDLGKDHEILRRRIENGAKELWFFLQSELKKLKKLEGNELQRHADEILLDLGHHERSIMTDLYYLSQTDGAGEWREKEAKDLTELVQRRITYLQNPKDCSKARKLVCNINKGCGYGCQLHHVVYCFMIAYGTQRTLILESQNWRYATGGWETVFRPVSETCTDRSGLSTGHWSGEVKDKNVQVVELPIVDSLHPRPPYLPLAVPEDLADRLLRVHGDPAVWWVSQFVKYLIRPQPWLEREIEETTKKLGFKHPVIGVHVRRTDKVGTEAAFHPIEEYMVHVEEHFQLLERRMKVDKKRVYLATDDPSLLKEAKTKYSNYEFISDNSISWSAGLHNRYTENSLRGVILDIHFLSQADFLVCTFSSQVCRVAYEIMQTLHPDASANFHSLDDIYYFGGQNAHNQIAVYPHQPRTKEEIPMEPGDIIGVAGNHWNGYSKGVNRKLGKTGL YPSYKVREKIETVKYPTYPEAEKL130P LTPEQVVAIASHDGGKQALETVQRLLPVLCQAHGLTPAQVVAIASH SEQ IDDGGKQALETVQRLLPVLCQAHGLTPAQVVAIASNIGGKQALETVQR NO. 10LLPVLCQAHGLTPDQVVAIASNIGGKQALETVQRLLPVLCQAHGLTPDQVVAIASNNGGKQALETVQRLLPVLCQAHGLTPDQVVAIASNIGGKQALETVQRLLPVLCQAHGLTPDQVVAIASNGGGKQALETVQRLLPVLCQAHGLTPAQVVAIASNGGGKQALETVQRLLPVLCQAHGLTPAQVVAIASHDGGKQALETVQRLLPVLCQAHGLTPAQVVAIASNGGGKQALETVQRLLPVLCQAHGLTPAQVVAIASNGGGKQALETVQRLLPVLCQAHGLTPAQVVAIASNNGGKQALETVQRLLPVLCQAHGLTPDQVVAIASHDGGKQALETVQRLLPVLCQAHGLTPAQVVAIASNIGGKQALETVQRLLPVLCQAHGLTPDQVVAIASNIGGKQALETVQRLLPVLCQAHGLTPDQVVAIASNIGGKQALETVQRLLPVLCQAHGLTPDQVVAIASNNGGKQALETVQRLLPVLCQAHGLTPDQVVAIASHDGGKQALETVQRLLPVLCQAHGLTPAQVVAIASNGGGRPALESIVAQLSRP DPALAAL R184PLTPEQVVAIASHDGGKQALETVQRLLPVLCQAHGLTPAQVVAIASNG SEQ IDGGKQALETVQRLLPVLCQAHGLTPAQVVAIASHDGGKQALETVQRL NO. 11LPVLCQAHGLTPAQVVAIASHDGGKQALETVQRLLPVLCQAHGLTPAQVVAIASNGGGKQALETVQRLLPVLCQAHGLTPAQVVAIASHDGGKQALETVQRLLPVLCQAHGLTPAQVVAIASNIGGKQALETVQRLLPVLCQAHGLTPDQVVAIASNIGGKQALETVQRLLPVLCQAHGLTPDQVVAIASNNGGKQALETVQRLLPVLCQAHGLTPDQVVAIASNGGGKQALETVQRLLPVLCQAHGLTPAQVVAIASHDGGKQALETVQRLLPVLCQAHGLTPAQVVAIASNGGGKQALETVQRLLPVLCQAHGLTPAQVVAIASNGGGKQALETVQRLLPVLCQAHGLTPAQVVAIASHDGGKQALETVQRLLPVLCQAHGLTPAQVVAIASNIGGKQALETVQRLLPVLCQAHGLTPDQVVAIASNGGGKQALETVQRLLPVLCQAHGLTPAQVVAIASN GGGRPALESIVAQLSRPDPALAALL130N CTGACCCCGGAGCAGGTGGTGGCCATCGCTAGTCATGACGGTGGC SEQ IDAAACAGGCTCTTGAGACCGTCCAACGCCTTCTACCAGTTCTCTGT NO. 12CAAGCCCACGGACTAACCCCAGCGCAAGTTGTAGCGATTGCTAGTCATGACGGTGGCAAACAGGCTCTTGAGACCGTCCAACGCCTTCTACCAGTTCTCTGTCAAGCCCACGGACTAACCCCAGCGCAAGTTGTAGCGATTGCTAGTAATATTGGTGGCAAACAGGCACTTGAGACGGTTCAGCGCCTCCTTCCAGTTCTTTGTCAAGCTCACGGACTCACCCCAGATCAAGTTGTAGCGATTGCTAGTAATATTGGTGGCAAACAGGCACTTGAGACGGTTCAGCGCCTCCTTCCAGTTCTTTGTCAAGCTCACGGACTCACCCCAGATCAAGTTGTAGCGATTGCTAGTAACAATGGTGGCAAACAGGCTCTCGAAACCGTACAACGACTCCTCCCAGTTCTCTGTCAAGCCCACGGACTAACTCCTGATCAAGTTGTAGCGATTGCTAGTAATATTGGTGGCAAACAGGCACTTGAGACGGTTCAGCGCCTCCTTCCAGTTCTTTGTCAAGCTCACGGACTCACCCCAGATCAAGTTGTAGCGATTGCTAGTAATGGGGGTGGCAAACAGGCTCTTGAAACCGTGCAACGACTGCTCCCAGTTCTCTGTCAAGCCCACGGCCTCACCCCGGCGCAAGTTGTAGCGATTGCTAGTAATGGGGGTGGCAAACAGGCTCTTGAAACCGTGCAACGACTGCTCCCAGTTCTCTGTCAAGCCCACGGCCTCACCCCGGCGCAAGTTGTAGCGATTGCTAGTCATGACGGTGGCAAACAGGCTCTTGAGACCGTCCAACGCCTTCTACCAGTTCTCTGTCAAGCCCACGGACTAACCCCAGCGCAAGTTGTAGCGATTGCTAGTAATGGGGGTGGCAAACAGGCTCTTGAAACCGTGCAACGACTGCTCCCAGTTCTCTGTCAAGCCCACGGCCTCACCCCGGCGCAAGTTGTAGCGATTGCTAGTAATGGGGGTGGCAAACAGGCTCTTGAAACCGTGCAACGACTGCTCCCAGTTCTCTGTCAAGCCCACGGCCTCACCCCGGCGCAAGTTGTAGCGATTGCTAGTAACAATGGTGGCAAACAGGCTCTCGAAACCGTACAACGACTCCTCCCAGTTCTCTGTCAAGCCCACGGACTAACTCCTGATCAAGTTGTAGCGATTGCTAGTCATGACGGTGGCAAACAGGCTCTTGAGACCGTCCAACGCCTTCTACCAGTTCTCTGTCAAGCCCACGGACTAACCCCAGCGCAAGTTGTAGCGATTGCTAGTAATATTGGTGGCAAACAGGCACTTGAGACGGTTCAGCGCCTCCTTCCAGTTCTTTGTCAAGCTCACGGACTCACCCCAGATCAAGTTGTAGCGATTGCTAGTAATATTGGTGGCAAACAGGCACTTGAGACGGTTCAGCGCCTCCTTCCAGTTCTTTGTCAAGCTCACGGACTCACCCCAGATCAAGTTGTAGCGATTGCTAGTAATATTGGTGGCAAACAGGCACTTGAGACGGTTCAGCGCCTCCTTCCAGTTCTTTGTCAAGCTCACGGACTCACCCCAGATCAAGTTGTAGCGATTGCTAGTAACAATGGTGGCAAACAGGCTCTCGAAACCGTACAACGACTCCTCCCAGTTCTCTGTCAAGCCCACGGACTAACTCCTGATCAAGTTGTAGCGATTGCTAGTCATGACGGTGGCAAACAGGCTCTTGAGACCGTCCAACGCCTTCTACCAGTTCTCTGTCAAGCCCACGGACTAACCCCAGCGCAAGTTGTAGCGATTGCTAGTAATGGCGGCGGTCGACCGGCGCTGGAGAGCATTGTTGCCCAGTTATCTCGCCCTGATCCGGCGTTGG CCGCGTTG R184NCTGACCCCGGAGCAGGTGGTGGCCATCGCTAGTCATGACGGTGGC SEQ IDAAACAGGCTCTTGAGACCGTCCAACGCCTTCTACCAGTTCTCTGT NO. 13CAAGCCCACGGACTAACCCCAGCGCAAGTTGTAGCGATTGCTAGTAATGGGGGTGGCAAACAGGCTCTTGAAACCGTGCAACGACTGCTCCCAGTTCTCTGTCAAGCCCACGGCCTCACCCCGGCGCAAGTTGTAGCGATTGCTAGTCATGACGGTGGCAAACAGGCTCTTGAGACCGTCCAACGCCTTCTACCAGTTCTCTGTCAAGCCCACGGACTAACCCCAGCGCAAGTTGTAGCGATTGCTAGTCATGACGGTGGCAAACAGGCTCTTGAGACCGTCCAACGCCTTCTACCAGTTCTCTGTCAAGCCCACGGACTAACCCCAGCGCAAGTTGTAGCGATTGCTAGTAATGGGGGTGGCAAACAGGCTCTTGAAACCGTGCAACGACTGCTCCCAGTTCTCTGTCAAGCCCACGGCCTCACCCCGGCGCAAGTTGTAGCGATTGCTAGTCATGACGGTGGCAAACAGGCTCTTGAGACCGTCCAACGCCTTCTACCAGTTCTCTGTCAAGCCCACGGACTAACCCCAGCGCAAGTTGTAGCGATTGCTAGTAATATTGGTGGCAAACAGGCACTTGAGACGGTTCAGCGCCTCCTTCCAGTTCTTTGTCAAGCTCACGGACTCACCCCAGATCAAGTTGTAGCGATTGCTAGTAATATTGGTGGCAAACAGGCACTTGAGACGGTTCAGCGCCTCCTTCCAGTTCTTTGTCAAGCTCACGGACTCACCCCAGATCAAGTTGTAGCGATTGCTAGTAACAATGGTGGCAAACAGGCTCTCGAAACCGTACAACGACTCCTCCCAGTTCTCTGTCAAGCCCACGGACTAACTCCTGATCAAGTTGTAGCGATTGCTAGTAATGGGGGTGGCAAACAGGCTCTTGAAACCGTGCAACGACTGCTCCCAGTTCTCTGTCAAGCCCACGGCCTCACCCCGGCGCAAGTTGTAGCGATTGCTAGTCATGACGGTGGCAAACAGGCTCTTGAGACCGTCCAACGCCTTCTACCAGTTCTCTGTCAAGCCCACGGACTAACCCCAGCGCAAGTTGTAGCGATTGCTAGTAATGGGGGTGGCAAACAGGCTCTTGAAACCGTGCAACGACTGCTCCCAGTTCTCTGTCAAGCCCACGGCCTCACCCCGGCGCAAGTTGTAGCGATTGCTAGTAATGGGGGTGGCAAACAGGCTCTTGAAACCGTGCAACGACTGCTCCCAGTTCTCTGTCAAGCCCACGGCCTCACCCCGGCGCAAGTTGTAGCGATTGCTAGTCATGACGGTGGCAAACAGGCTCTTGAGACCGTCCAACGCCTTCTACCAGTTCTCTGTCAAGCCCACGGACTAACCCCAGCGCAAGTTGTAGCGATTGCTAGTAATATTGGTGGCAAACAGGCACTTGAGACGGTTCAGCGCCTCCTTCCAGTTCTTTGTCAAGCTCACGGACTCACCCCAGATCAAGTTGTAGCGATTGCTAGTAATGGGGGTGGCAAACAGGCTCTTGAAACCGTGCAACGACTGCTCCCAGTTCTCTGTCAAGCCCACGGCCTCACCCCGGCGCAAGTTGTAGCGATTGCTAGTAATGGCGGCGGTCGACCGGCGCTGGAGAGCATTGTTGCCCAGTTATCTCGCCCTGATCCGGCGTTGGCCGCGTTG L130P-FokIMAPKKKRKVYPYDVPDYAGYPYDVPDYAGSYPYDVPDYAAHGTV SEQ IDDLRTLGYSQQQQEKIKPKVRSTVAQHHEALVGHGFTHAHIVALSQHP NO. 14AALGTVAVKYQDMIAALPEATHEAIVGVGKQWSGARALEALLTVAGELRGPPLQLDTGQLLKIAKRGGVTAVEAVHAWRNALTGAPLNLTPEQVVAIASHDGGKQALETVQRLLPVLCQAHGLTPAQVVAIASHDGGKQALETVQRLLPVLCQAHGLTPAQVVAIASNIGGKQALETVQRLLPVLCQAHGLTPDQVVAIASNIGGKQALETVQRLLPVLCQAHGLTPDQVVAIASNNGGKQALETVQRLLPVLCQAHGLTPDQVVAIASNIGGKQALETVQRLLPVLCQAHGLTPDQVVAIASNGGGKQALETVQRLLPVLCQAHGLTPAQVVAIASNGGGKQALETVQRLLPVLCQAHGLTPAQVVAIASHDGGKQALETVQRLLPVLCQAHGLTPAQVVAIASNGGGKQALETVQRLLPVLCQAHGLTPAQVVAIASNGGGKQALETVQRLLPVLCQAHGLTPAQVVAIASNNGGKQALETVQRLLPVLCQAHGLTPDQVVAIASHDGGKQALETVQRLLPVLCQAHGLTPAQVVAIASNIGGKQALETVQRLLPVLCQAHGLTPDQVVAIASNIGGKQALETVQRLLPVLCQAHGLTPDQVVAIASNIGGKQALETVQRLLPVLCQAHGLTPDQVVAIASNNGGKQALETVQRLLPVLCQAHGLTPDQVVAIASHDGGKQALETVQRLLPVLCQAHGLTPAQVVAIASNGGGRPALESIVAQLSRPDPALAALTNDHLVALACLGGRPALDAVKKGLPHAPALIKRTNRRIPERTSHRVAGSQLVKSELEEKKSELRHKLKYVPHEYIELIEIARNPTQDRILEMKVMEIMMKVYGYRGEHLGGSRKPDGAIYTVGSPIDYGVIVDTKAYSGGYNLPIGQAREMQRYVEENQTRNKHINPNEWWKVYPSSVTEFKFLFVSGHFKGNYKAQLTRLNHITNCNGAVLSVEELLIGGEMIKAGTLTLEEVRRKFNNG EINF* L130P-atggctccaaagaagaagcgtaaggtatacccatacgatgttcctgactatgcgggctatccctatgacgtccSEQ ID FokINcggactatgcaggatcgtatccatatgacgttccagattacgctgctcatggtaccgtggatctacgcacgctNO. 15cggctacagccagcagcaacaggagaagatcaaaccgaaggttcgttcgacagtggcgcagcaccacgaggcactggtcggccacgggtttacacacgcgcacatcgttgcgctcagccaacacccggcagcgttagggaccgtcgctgtcaagtatcaggacatgatcgcagcgttgccagaggcgacacacgaagcgatcgttggcgtcggcaaacagtggtccggcgcacgcgctctggaggccttgctcacggtggcgggagagttgagaggtccaccgttacagttggacacaggccaacttctcaagattgcaaaacgtggcggcgtgaccgcagtggaggcagtgcatgcatggcgcaatgcactgacgggtgcccccctgaacctgaccccggagcaggtggtggccatcgcTAGTCATGACGGTGGCAAACAGGCTCTTGAGACCGTCCAACGCCTTCTACCAGTTCTCTGTCAAGCCCACGGACTAACCCCAGCGCAAGTTGTAGCGATTGCTAGTCATGACGGTGGCAAACAGGCTCTTGAGACCGTCCAACGCCTTCTACCAGTTCTCTGTCAAGCCCACGGACTAACCCCAGCGCAAGTTGTAGCGATTGCTAGTAATATTGGTGGCAAACAGGCACTTGAGACGGTTCAGCGCCTCCTTCCAGTTCTTTGTCAAGCTCACGGACTCACCCCAGATCAAGTTGTAGCGATTGCTAGTAATATTGGTGGCAAACAGGCACTTGAGACGGTTCAGCGCCTCCTTCCAGTTCTTTGTCAAGCTCACGGACTCACCCCAGATCAAGTTGTAGCGATTGCTAGTAACAATGGTGGCAAACAGGCTCTCGAAACCGTACAACGACTCCTCCCAGTTCTCTGTCAAGCCCACGGACTAACTCCTGATCAAGTTGTAGCGATTGCTAGTAATATTGGTGGCAAACAGGCACTTGAGACGGTTCAGCGCCTCCTTCCAGTTCTTTGTCAAGCTCACGGACTCACCCCAGATCAAGTTGTAGCGATTGCTAGTAATGGGGGTGGCAAACAGGCTCTTGAAACCGTGCAACGACTGCTCCCAGTTCTCTGTCAAGCCCACGGCCTCACCCCGGCGCAAGTTGTAGCGATTGCTAGTAATGGGGGTGGCAAACAGGCTCTTGAAACCGTGCAACGACTGCTCCCAGTTCTCTGTCAAGCCCACGGCCTCACCCCGGCGCAAGTTGTAGCGATTGCTAGTCATGACGGTGGCAAACAGGCTCTTGAGACCGTCCAACGCCTTCTACCAGTTCTCTGTCAAGCCCACGGACTAACCCCAGCGCAAGTTGTAGCGATTGCTAGTAATGGGGGTGGCAAACAGGCTCTTGAAACCGTGCAACGACTGCTCCCAGTTCTCTGTCAAGCCCACGGCCTCACCCCGGCGCAAGTTGTAGCGATTGCTAGTAATGGGGGTGGCAAACAGGCTCTTGAAACCGTGCAACGACTGCTCCCAGTTCTCTGTCAAGCCCACGGCCTCACCCCGGCGCAAGTTGTAGCGATTGCTAGTAACAATGGTGGCAAACAGGCTCTCGAAACCGTACAACGACTCCTCCCAGTTCTCTGTCAAGCCCACGGACTAACTCCTGATCAAGTTGTAGCGATTGCTAGTCATGACGGTGGCAAACAGGCTCTTGAGACCGTCCAACGCCTTCTACCAGTTCTCTGTCAAGCCCACGGACTAACCCCAGCGCAAGTTGTAGCGATTGCTAGTAATATTGGTGGCAAACAGGCACTTGAGACGGTTCAGCGCCTCCTTCCAGTTCTTTGTCAAGCTCACGGACTCACCCCAGATCAAGTTGTAGCGATTGCTAGTAATATTGGTGGCAAACAGGCACTTGAGACGGTTCAGCGCCTCCTTCCAGTTCTTTGTCAAGCTCACGGACTCACCCCAGATCAAGTTGTAGCGATTGCTAGTAATATTGGTGGCAAACAGGCACTTGAGACGGTTCAGCGCCTCCTTCCAGTTCTTTGTCAAGCTCACGGACTCACCCCAGATCAAGTTGTAGCGATTGCTAGTAACAATGGTGGCAAACAGGCTCTCGAAACCGTACAACGACTCCTCCCAGTTCTCTGTCAAGCCCACGGACTAACTCCTGATCAAGTTGTAGCGATTGCTAGTCATGACGGTGGCAAACAGGCTCTTGAGACCGTCCAACGCCTTCTACCAGTTCTCTGTCAAGCCCACGGACTAACCCCAGCGCAAGTTGTAGCGATTGCTAGTAATGGCggcggtcgaccggcgctggagagcattgttgcccagttatctcgccctgatccggcgttggccgcgttgaccaacgaccacctcgtcgccttggcctgcctcggcggacgtcctgcgctggatgcagtgaaaaagggattgccgcacgcgccggccttgatcaaaagaaccaatcgccgtattcccgaacgcacatcccatcgcgttgccggatcccaactagtcaaaagtgaactggaggagaagaaatctgaacttcgtcataaattgaaatatgtgcctcatgaatatattgaattaattgaaattgccagaaatcccactcaggatagaattcttgaaatgaaggtaatggaattattatgaaagtttatggatatagaggtgagcatagggtggatcaaggaaaccggacggagcaatttatactgtcggatctcctattgattacggtgtgatcgtggatactaaggcttatagcggaggttataatctgccaattggccaagcacgagaaatgcaacgatatgtcgaagaaaatcaaacacgaaacaaacatatcaaccctaatgaatggtggaaagtctatccatcttctgtaacggaatttaagtttttatttgtgagtggtcactttaaaggaaactacaaagctcagcttacacgattaaatcatatcactaattgtaatggagctgttcttagtgtagaagagcttttaattggtggagaaatgattaaagccggcacattaaccttagaggaagtgagacggaaatttaataacggcgagataaactttR184P-FokI MAPKKKRKVYPYDVPDYAGYPYDVPDYAGSYPYDVPDYAAHGTV SEQ IDDLRTLGYSQQQQEKIKPKVRSTVAQHHEALVGHGFTHAHIVALSQHP NO. 16AALGTVAVKYQDMIAALPEATHEAIVGVGKQWSGARALEALLTVAGELRGPPLQLDTGQLLKIAKRGGVTAVEAVHAWRNALTGAPLNLTPEQVVAIASHDGGKQALETVQRLLPVLCQAHGLTPAQVVAIASNGGGKQALETVQRLLPVLCQAHGLTPAQVVAIASHDGGKQALETVQRLLPVLCQAHGLTPAQVVAIASHDGGKQALETVQRLLPVLCQAHGLTPAQVVAIASNGGGKQALETVQRLLPVLCQAHGLTPAQVVAIASHDGGKQALETVQRLLPVLCQAHGLTPAQVVAIASNIGGKQALETVQRLLPVLCQAHGLTPDQVVAIASNIGGKQALETVQRLLPVLCQAHGLTPDQVVAIASNNGGKQALETVQRLLPVLCQAHGLTPDQVVAIASNGGGKQALETVQRLLPVLCQAHGLTPAQVVAIASHDGGKQALETVQRLLPVLCQAHGLTPAQVVAIASNGGGKQALETVQRLLPVLCQAHGLTPAQVVAIASNGGGKQALETVQRLLPVLCQAHGLTPAQVVAIASHDGGKQALETVQRLLPVLCQAHGLTPAQVVAIASNIGGKQALETVQRLLPVLCQAHGLTPDQVVAIASNGGGKQALETVQRLLPVLCQAHGLTPAQVVAIASNGGGRPALESIVAQLSRPDPALAALTNDHLVALACLGGRPALDAVKKGLPHAPALIKRTNRRIPERTSHRVAGSQLVKSELEEKKSELRHKLKYVPHEYIELIEIARNPTQDRILEMKVMEFFMKVYGYRGEHLGGSRKPDGAIYTVGSPIDYGVIVDTKAYSGGYNLPIGQADAMQSYVEENQTRNKHINPNEWWKVYPSSVTEFKFLFVSGHFKGNYKAQLTRLNHITNCNGAVLSVEELLIGGEMIKAGTLTLEEVRRKFNNGEINF* R184P-cgccattctgcctggggacgtcggagcaagcttgatttaggtgacactatagaatacaagctacttgttctttttSEQ ID FokINgcaggatctgccaccatggctccaaagaagaagcgtaaggtatacccatacgatgttcctgactatgcgggNO. 17ctatccctatgacgtcccggactatgcaggatcgtatccatatgacgttccagattacgctgctcatggtaccgtggatctacgcacgctcggctacagccagcagcaacaggagaagatcaaaccgaaggttcgttcgacagtggcgcagcaccacgaggcactggtcggccacgggtttacacacgcgcacatcgttgcgctcagccaacacccggcagcgttagggaccgtcgctgtcaagtatcaggacatgatcgcagcgttgccagaggcgacacacgaagcgatcgttggcgtcggcaaacagtggtccggcgcacgcgctctggaggccttgctcacggtggcgggagagttgagaggtccaccgttacagaggacacaggccaacttctcaagattgcaaaacgtggcggcgtgaccgcagtggaggcagtgcatgcatggcgcaatgcactgacgggtgcccccctgaacctgaccccggagcaggtggtggccatcgcTAGTCATGACGGTGGCAAACAGGCTCTTGAGACCGTCCAACGCCTTCTACCAGTTCTCTGTCAAGCCCACGGACTAACCCCAGCGCAAGTTGTAGCGATTGCTAGTAATGGGGGTGGCAAACAGGCTCTTGAAACCGTGCAACGACTGCTCCCAGTTCTCTGTCAAGCCCACGGCCTCACCCCGGCGCAAGTTGTAGCGATTGCTAGTCATGACGGTGGCAAACAGGCTCTTGAGACCGTCCAACGCCTTCTACCAGTTCTCTGTCAAGCCCACGGACTAACCCCAGCGCAAGTTGTAGCGATTGCTAGTCATGACGGTGGCAAACAGGCTCTTGAGACCGTCCAACGCCTTCTACCAGTTCTCTGTCAAGCCCACGGACTAACCCCAGCGCAAGTTGTAGCGATTGCTAGTAATGGGGGTGGCAAACAGGCTCTTGAAACCGTGCAACGACTGCTCCCAGTTCTCTGTCAAGCCCACGGCCTCACCCCGGCGCAAGTTGTAGCGATTGCTAGTCATGACGGTGGCAAACAGGCTCTTGAGACCGTCCAACGCCTTCTACCAGTTCTCTGTCAAGCCCACGGACTAACCCCAGCGCAAGTTGTAGCGATTGCTAGTAATATTGGTGGCAAACAGGCACTTGAGACGGTTCAGCGCCTCCTTCCAGTTCTTTGTCAAGCTCACGGACTCACCCCAGATCAAGTTGTAGCGATTGCTAGTAATATTGGTGGCAAACAGGCACTTGAGACGGTTCAGCGCCTCCTTCCAGTTCTTTGTCAAGCTCACGGACTCACCCCAGATCAAGTTGTAGCGATTGCTAGTAACAATGGTGGCAAACAGGCTCTCGAAACCGTACAACGACTCCTCCCAGTTCTCTGTCAAGCCCACGGACTAACTCCTGATCAAGTTGTAGCGATTGCTAGTAATGGGGGTGGCAAACAGGCTCTTGAAACCGTGCAACGACTGCTCCCAGTTCTCTGTCAAGCCCACGGCCTCACCCCGGCGCAAGTTGTAGCGATTGCTAGTCATGACGGTGGCAAACAGGCTCTTGAGACCGTCCAACGCCTTCTACCAGTTCTCTGTCAAGCCCACGGACTAACCCCAGCGCAAGTTGTAGCGATTGCTAGTAATGGGGGTGGCAAACAGGCTCTTGAAACCGTGCAACGACTGCTCCCAGTTCTCTGTCAAGCCCACGGCCTCACCCCGGCGCAAGTTGTAGCGATTGCTAGTAATGGGGGTGGCAAACAGGCTCTTGAAACCGTGCAACGACTGCTCCCAGTTCTCTGTCAAGCCCACGGCCTCACCCCGGCGCAAGTTGTAGCGATTGCTAGTCATGACGGTGGCAAACAGGCTCTTGAGACCGTCCAACGCCTTCTACCAGTTCTCTGTCAAGCCCACGGACTAACCCCAGCGCAAGTTGTAGCGATTGCTAGTAATATTGGTGGCAAACAGGCACTTGAGACGGTTCAGCGCCTCCTTCCAGTTCTTTGTCAAGCTCACGGACTCACCCCAGATCAAGTTGTAGCGATTGCTAGTAATGGGGGTGGCAAACAGGCTCTTGAAACCGTGCAACGACTGCTCCCAGTTCTCTGTCAAGCCCACGGCCTCACCCCGGCGCAAGTTGTAGCGATTGCTAGTAATGGCggcggtcgaccggcgctggagagcattgttgcccagttatctcgccctgatccggcgttggccgcgttgaccaacgaccacctcgtcgccttggcctgcctcggcggacgtcctgcgctggatgcagtgaaaaagggattgccgcacgcgccggccttgatcaaaagaaccaatcgccgtattcccgaacgcacatcccatcgcgttgccggatcccaactagtcaaaagtgaactggaggagaagaaatctgaacttcgtcataaattgaaatatgtgcctcatgaatatattgaattaattgaaattgccagaaatcccactcaggatagaattcttgaaatgaaggtaatggaattttttatgaaagtttatggatatagaggtgagcatttgggtggatcaaggaaaccggacggagcaatttatactgtcggatctcctattgattacggtgtgatcgtggatactaaagcttatagcggaggttataatctgccaattggccaagcagatgccatgcaaagctatgtcgaagaaaatcaaacacgaaacaaacatatcaaccctaatgaatggtggaaagtctatccatcttctgtaacggaatttaagatttatagtgagtggtcactttaaaggaaactacaaagctcagcttacacgattaaatcatatcactaattgtaatggagctgttcttagtgtagaagagcttttaattggtggagaaatgattaaagccggcacattaaccttagaggaagtgagacggaaatttaataacggcgagataaacttttaatctagaactatagtgagtcgtattacgtagatccagacatgataagatacattgatgagtttggacaaaccacaactagaatgcagtgaaaaaaatgctttatttgtgaaatttgtgatgctattgctttatttgtaaccattataagctgcaataaacaagttaacaacaacaattgcattcattttatgtttcaggttcagggggaggtgtgggaggttttttaattcgcggccgcggcgccaatgcattgggcccggtacgtacccagcttttgttccctttagtgagggttaattgcgcgcttggcgtaatcatggtcatagctgtttcctgtgtgaaattgttatccgctcacaattccacacaacatacgagccggaagcataaagtgtaaagcctggggtgcctaatgagtgagctaactcacattaattgcgttgcgctcactgcccgctttccagtcgggaaacctgtcgtgccagctgcattaatgaatcggccaacgcgcggggagaggcggtttgcgtattgggcgctcttccgcttcctcgctcactgactcgctgcgctcggtcgttcggctgcggcgagcggtatcagctcactcaaaggcggtaatacggttatccacagaatcaggggataacgcaggaaagaacatgtgagcaaaaggccagcaaaaggccaggaaccgtaaaaaggccgcgttgctggcgtttttccataggctccgcccccctgacgagcatcacaaaaatcgacgctcaagtcagaggtggcgaaacccgacaggactataaagataccaggcgtttccccctggaagctccctcgtgcgctctcctgttccgaccctgccgcttaccggatacctgtccgcctttctcccttcgggaagcgtggcgctttctcatagctcacgctgtaggtatctcagttcggtgtaggtcgttcgctccaagctgggctgtgtgcacgaaccccccgttcagcccgaccgctgcgccttatccggtaactatcgtcttgagtccaacccggtaagacacgacttatcgccactggcagcagccactggtaacaggattagcagagcgaggtatgtaggcggtgctacagagttcttgaagtggtggcctaactacggctacactagaaggacagtatttggtatctgcgctctgctgaagccagttaccttcggaaaaagagttggtagctcttgatccggcaaacaaaccaccgctggtagcggtggtttttttgtttgcaagcagcagattacgcgcagaaaaaaaggatctcaagaagatcctttgatcttttctacggggtctgacgctcagtggaacgaaaactcacgttaagggattttggtcatgagattatcaaaaaggatcttcacctagatccttttaaattaaaaatgaagttttaaatcaatctaaagtatatatgagtaaacttggtctgacagttaccaatgcttaatcagtgaggcacctatctcagcgatctgtctatttcgttcatccatagttgcctgactccccgtcgtgtagataactacgatacgggagggcttaccatctggccccagtgctgcaatgataccgcgagacccacgctcaccggctccagatttatcagcaataaaccagccagccggaagggccgagcgcagaagtggtcctgcaactttatccgcctccatccagtctattaattgttgccgggaagctagagtaagtagttcgccagttaatagtagcgcaacgttgttgccattgctacaggcatcgtggtgtcacgctcgtcgtttggtatggcttcattcagctccggttcccaacgatcaaggcgagttacatgatcccccatgttgtgcaaaaaagcggttagctccttcggtcctccgatcgttgtcagaagtaagttggccgcagtgttatcactcatggttatggcagcactgcataattctcttactgtcatgccatccgtaagatgcttttctgtgactggtgagtactcaaccaagtcattctgagaatagtgtatgcggcgaccgagttgctcttgcccggcgtcaatacgggataataccgcgccacatagcagaactttaaaagtgctcatcattggaaaacgttcttcggggcgaaaactctcaaggatcttaccgctgttgagatccagttcgatgtaacccactcgtgcacccaactgatcttcagcatcttttactttcaccagcgtttctgggtgagcaaaaacaggaaggcaaaatgccgcaaaaaagggaataagggcgacacggaaatgttgaatactcatactcttcctttttcaatattattgaagcatttatcagggttattgtctcatgagcggatacatatttgaatgtatttagaaaaataaacaaataggggttccgcgcacatttccccgaaaagtgccacctaaattgtaagcgttaatattttgttaaaattcgcgttaaatttttgttaaatcagctcattttttaaccaataggccgaaatcggcaaaatcccttataaatcaaaagaatagaccgagatagggttgagtgttgttccagtttggaacaagagtccactattaaagaacgtggactccaacgtcaaagggcgaaaaaccgtctatcagggcgatggcccactacgtgaaccatcaccctaatcaagttttttggggtcgaggtgccgtaaagcactaaatcggaaccctaaagggagcccccgatttagagcttgacggggaaagccggcgaacgtggcgagaaaggaagggaagaaagcgaaaggagcgggcgctagggcgctggcaagtgtagcggtcacgctgcgcgtaaccaccacacccgccgcgcttaatgcgccgctacagggcgcgtcccattcgccattcaggctgcgcaactgttgggaagggcgatcggtgcgggcctcttcgctattacgccagtcgattatatactcgagatatatttcgaccatagccaattcaatatggcgtatatggactcatgccaattcaatatggtggatctggacctgtgccaattcaatatggcgtatatggactcgtgccaattcaatatggtggatctggaccccagccaattcaatatggcggacttggcaccatgccaattcaatatggcggacttggcactgtgccaactggggaggggtctacttggcacggtgccaagtttgaggaggggtcttggccctgtgccaagtccgccatattgaattggcatggtgccaataatggcggccatattggctatatgccaggatcaatatataggcaatatccaatatggccctatgccaatatggctattggccaggttcaatactatgtattggccctatgccatatagtattccatatatgggttttcctattgacgtagatagcccctcccaatgggcggtcccatataccatatatggggcttcctaataccgcccatagccactcccccattgacgtcaatggtctctatatatggtctttcctattgacgtcatatgggcggtcctattgacgtatatggcgcctcccccattgacgtcaattacggtaaatggcccgcctggctcaatgcccattgacgtcaataggaccacccaccattgacgtcaatgggatggctcattgcccattcatatccgttctcacgccccctattgacgtcaatgacggtaaatggcccacttggcagtacatcaatatctattaatagtaacttggcaagtacattactattggaaggacgccagggtacattggcagtactcccattgacgtcaatggcggtaaatggcccgcgatggctgccaagtacatccccattgacgtcaatggggaggggcaatgacgcaaatgggcgttccattgacgtaaatgggcggtaggcgtgcctaatgggaggtctatataagcaatgctcgtttagggaac BAT1206FQIVLSQSPAILSASPGEKVTMTCRASSSVSYIHWFQQKPGSS SEQ ID light chainPKPWIYATSNLASGVPVRFSGSGSGTSYSLTISRVEAEDAAT NO. 18YYCQQWTSNPPTFGGGTKLEIKRTVAAPSVFIFPPSDEQLKSGTASVVCLLNNFYPREAKVQWKVDNALQSGNSQESVTEQDSKDSTYSLSSTLTLSKADYEKHKVYACEVTHQGLSSPVTK SFNRGEC BAT1206FQVQLQQPGAELVKPGASVKMSCKASGYTFTSYNMHWVK SEQ ID heavy chainQTPGRGLEWIGAIYPGNGDTSYNQKFKGKATLTADKSSST NO. 19AYMQLSSLTSEDSAVYYCARSTYYGGDWYFNVWGAGTTVTVSAASTKGPSVFPLAPSSKSTSGGTAALGCLVKDYFPEPVTVSWNSGALTSGVHTFPAVLQSSGLYSLSSVVTVPSSSLGTQTYICNVNHKPSNTKVDKKAEPKSCDKTHTCPPCPAPELLGGPSVFLFPPKPKDTLMISRTPEVTCVVVDVSHEDPEVKFNWYVDGVEVHNAKTKPREEQYNSTYRVVSVLTVLHQDWLNGKEYKCKVSNKALPAPIEKTISKAKGQPREPQVYTLPPSRDELTKNQVSLTCLVKGFYPSDIAVEWESNGQPENNYKTTPPVLDSDGSFFLYSKLTVDKSRWQQGNVFSCSVMHEALHNH YTQKSLSLSPGK BAT4306FDIVMTQTPLSLPVTPGEPASISCRSSKSLLHSNGITYLYWYLQKPGQS SEQ ID light chainPQLLIYQMSNLVSGVPDRFSGSGSGTDFTLKISRVEAEDVGVYYCAQ NO. 20NLELPYTFGGGTKVEIKR BAT4306FQVQLVQSGAEVKKPGSSVKVSCKASGYAFSYSWINWVRQAPGQGL SEQ ID heavy chainEWMGRIFPGDGDTDYNGKFKGRVTITADKSTSTAYMELSSLRSEDTA NO. 21VYYCARNVFDGYWLVYWGQGTLVTVSSASTKGPSVFPLAPSSKSTSGGTAALGCLVKDYFPEPVTVSWNSGALTSGVHTFPAVLQSSGLYSLSSVVTVPSSSLGTQTYICNVNHKPSNTKVDKKVEPKSCDKTHTCPPCPAPELLGGPSVFLFPPKPKDTLMISRTPEVTCVVVDVSHEDPEVKFNWYVDGVEVHNAKTKPREEQYNSTYRVVSVLTVLHQDWLNGKEYKCKVSNKALPAPIEKTISKAKGQPREPQVYTLPPSRDELTKNQVSLTCLVKGFYPSDIAVEWESNGQPENNYKTTPPVLDSDGSPPLYSKLTVDKSRWQQGNVFSCSVMHEALHNHYTQKSLSLSPGK BAT4406FEIVLTQSPATLSLSPGERATLSCRASQSVSSYLAWYQQKPGQAPRLLI SEQ ID light chainYDASNRATGIPARFSGSGSGTDFTLTISSLEPEDFAVYYCQQRSNWPIT NO. 22FGQGTRLEIKRTVAAPSVFIFPPSDEQLKSGTASVVCLLNNFYPREAKVQWKVDNALQSGNSQESVTEQDSKDSTYSLSSTLTLSKADYEKHKV YACEVTHQGLSSPVTKSFNRGECBAT4406F EVQLVESGGGLVQPGRSLRLSCAASGFTFNDYAMHWVRQAPGKGL SEQ IDheavy chain EWVSTISWNSGSIGYADSVKGRFTISRDNAKKSLYLQMNSLRAEDTA NO. 23LYYCAKDIQYGNYYYGMDVWGQGTTVTVSSASTKGPSVFPLAPGSSKSTSGTAALGCLVKDYFPEPVTVSWNSGALTSGVHTFPAVLQSSGLYSLSSVVTVPSSSLGTQTYICNVNHKPSNTKVDKKVEPKSCDKTHTCPPCPAPELLGGPSVFLFPPKPKDTLMISRTPEVTCVVVDVSHEDPEVKFNWYVDGVEVHNAKTKPREEQYNSTYRVVSVLTVLHQDWLNGKEYKCKVSNKALPAPIEKTISKAKGQPREPQVYTLPPSRDELTKNQVSLTCLVKGFYPSDIAVEWESNGQPENNYKTTPPVLDSDGSFFLYSKLTVDKSRWQQGNVFSCSVMHEALHNHYTQKSLSLSPGK BAT0206FDIQMTQSPSSLSASVGDRVTITCQASQDISNYLNWYQQKPGKAPKLL SEQ ID light chainIYDASNLETGVPSRFSGSGSGTDFTFTISSLQPEDIATYFCQHFDHLPL NO. 24AFGGGTKVEIKRTVAAPSVFIFPPSDEQLKSGTASVVCLLNNFYPREAKVQWKVDNALQSGNSQESVTEQDSKDSTYSLSSTLTLSKADYEKHK VYACEVTHQGLSSPVTKSFNRGECBAT0206F QVQLQESGPGLVKPSETLSLTCTVSGGSVSSGDYYWTWIRQSPGKGL SEQ IDheavy chain EWIGHIYYSGNTNYNPSLKSRLTISIDTSKTQFSLKLSSVTAADTAIYY NO. 25CVRDRVTGAFDIWGQGTTVTVSSACTKGPSVFPLAPSSKSTSGGTAALGCLVKDYFPEPVTVSWNSGALTSGVHTFPAVLQSSGLYSLSSVVTVPSSSLGTQTYICNVNHKPSNTKVDKKVEPKSCDKTHTCPPCPAPELLGGPSVFLFPPKPKDTLMISRTPEVTCVVVDVSHEDPEVKFNWYVDGVEVHNAKTKPREEQYNSTYRVVSVLTVLHQDWLNGKEYKCKVSNKALPAPIEKTISKAKGQPREPQVYTLPPSRDELTKNQVSLTCLVKGFYPSDIAVEWESNGQPENNYKTTPPVLDSDGSFFLYSKLTVDKSRWQQGNVFSCSVMHEALHNHYTQKSLSLSPGK BAT0808DIQLTQSPSSLSASVGDRVSITCKASQDVSIAVAWYQQKPGKAPKLLI SEQ ID light chainYSASYRYTGVPDRFSGSGSGTDFTLTISSLQPEDFAVYYCQQHYITPL NO. 26TFGAGTKVEIKRTVAAPSVFIFPPSDEQLKSGTASVVCLLNNFYPREAKVQWKVDNALQSGNSQESVTEQDSKDSTYSLSSTLTLSKADYEKHK VYACEVTHQGLSSPVTKSFNRGECBAT0808 QVQLQQSGSELKKPGASVKVSCKASGYTFTNYGMNWVKQAPGQG SEQ ID Heavy chainLKWMGWINTYTGEPTYTDDFKGRFAFSLDTSVSTAYLQISSLKADDT NO. 27AVYFCARGGFGSSYWYFDVWGQGTLVTVSSCSTKGPSVFPLAPSSKSTSGGTAALGCLVKDYFPEPVTVSWNSGALTSGVHTFPAVLQSSGLYSLSSVVTVPSSSLGTQTYICNVNHKPSNTKVDKKVEPKSCDKTHTCPPCPAPELLGGPSVFLFPPKPKDTLMISRTPEVTCVVVDVSHEDPEVKFNWYVDGVEVHNAKTKPREEQYNSTYRVVSVLTVLHQDWLNGKEYKCKVSNKALPAPIEKTISKAKGQPREPQVYTLPPSRDELTKNQVSLTCLVKGFYPSDIAVEWESNGQPENNYKTTPPVLDSDGSFFLYSKLTVDKSRWQQGNVFSCSVMHEALHNHYTQKSLSLSPGK CHO-BAT-ATGCGGGCATGGACTGGTTCCTGGCGTTGGATTATGCTCATTCTTT SEQ ID KF Exon1TTGCCTGGGGGACCTTATTGTTTTATATAGGTGGTCATTTGGTTCGA NO. 28GATAATGACCACCCTGACCATTCTAGCAGAGAACTCTCCAAGATTCTTGCAAAGCTGGAGCGCTTAAACAACAAAATGAAGACTTGAGG AGAATGGCTGAGTCTCTCCGG

Example 3 Functional Effectiveness Analysis of FUT8 TALEN Protein

CEL-I enzyme is a nuclease that can recognize the mismatched bases indouble-stranded DNA and cut the double-stranded DNA from the mismatches.If the target sequence is edited by FUT8TALEN, the fragment containingthe target sequence amplified from the maternal genome and the fragmentcontaining the target sequence amplified from the transformed cellgenome are mixed together for denaturation and annealing, the annealeddouble-stranded DNA will appear base mismatch. In this case, CEL-Ienzyme can cut off the annealed double-stranded DNA, and two bandsappear as a result of agarose electrophoresis. 5×10⁵ CHO-BAT cells wereseeded into a 6-well plate on the day before transfection, and themedium was DMEM/F12 containing 10% fetal calf serum. Plasmids L130N andR184N were transiently transfected into cells according to the methodsprovided in the reagent instructions. 3 days after transfection, thecells were harvested by centrifugation and the genome was extracted withthe genome extraction kit. Using this as a template, PCR reaction wascarried out with the primers L130for (SEQ ID NO. 1) and primer L130rev(SEQ ID NO. 2). The PCR amplification of the fragment of the parent cellcontaining the target sequence was the same as above. 20 μL of two PCRproducts were mixed together, heated to 94° C. and then naturally cooledto room temperature. Added 0.5 μl of CEL-I enzyme to 200 ng annealedDNA, and incubated at 42° C. for 30 min, and ran the PCR reactionproduct on agarose gel electrophoresis. The reaction product wasanalyzed by agarose electrophoresis, and the results are as shown inFIG. 3.

The results show that, compared with the wild type, the gene-edited PCRproducts displayed two bands of 500 bp and 750 bp, while the wild typeonly had a single band of 750 bp, which is consistent with the expectedresults. This proves that TALEN protein pairs are functional.

Example 4 Effect of FUT8 TALEN Protein on Antibody Fucose Content

To determine whether the host genome adjusted by the designed FUT8 TALENprotein affects the carbohydrate chain of the produced antibody (whetherthe fucose content changes or not), L130N and R184N plasmids aretransiently transformed into previously established cell lines stablyexpressing anti-CD20 antibodies. The methods provided in lipofectamine2000 (Invitrogen) reagent description was taken and briefly described asfollows. In a 10 cm cell culture dish, 24 μL of liposomes packed with 4μg of plasmid DNA of L130N and R184N were added to 1×10⁶ cells. Aftertransfection for two days, the medium was replaced into DMEM/F12 mediumcontaining 10% (V/V) FBS (GBICO) and 400 μg/mL LCA (Vector). After oneweek, most of the cells became round and suspended in the medium, whileothers grew normally on the wall. The supernatant was discarded, andLCA-resistant cells were digested with trypsin 0.25% (v/v), andresuspended in DMEM/F12 medium containing 10% (v/v) FBS aftercentrifugation. The cells were seeded in the 96-well plate at a densityof 0.5 per well. After two weeks, monoclonal cells were selected andtransferred to a 24-well plate. FACS was adopted to analyze the cellsgrown on a 24-well plate, and FITC labeled LCA bound to negative cells(FIG. 4) were propagated to produce antibodies. The oligosaccharidecontent of antibodies produced by the two cells was determined byBiodonor, and the results are shown in FIG. 5.

The results show that the fucose content of antibody was reduced whenplasmids L130 and R184 were transiently transformed intoantibody-producing cells.

Example 5 Establishment of Genome-Modified Host Cells

In order to establish a genome-modified CHO-K1 cell so that it can bethe host cells used as proteins and fucose-free antibodies, the plasmidsL130 and R184 were transiently transformed into CHO-K1 cell lines. Thescreening of monoclonal cells against LCA was described in example 3.The genome of candidate cell clones was extracted respectively, PCRreaction was carried out with the primer L130for (see Table 1, SEQ IDNO. 1) and the primer L130rev (see Table 1, SEQ ID NO. 2), and CEL-1base mismatch analysis was carried out on PCR amplification products offragments containing target sequences of candidate cell clones. If thecandidate clone was heterozygous, then the agarose electrophoresis afterCEL-1 enzyme digestion showed two bands; instead, if the candidate clonewas homozygous, then the annealed fragment could not be cleaved throughCEL-1 enzyme digestion, and the agarose electrophoresis showed one band.The PCR fragment was cloned directly into a T vector (pGEM-T EasyVector) and then sequenced. The sequencing result was compared with thesequence of the parent cell in this fragment as shown in FIG. 6. Then,according to the comparison result, two genome-edited homozygotes wereselected and designated as CHO-2G8, CHO-1D6.

Example 6 Evaluation of Growth Characteristics of Host Cells

The FUT8 gene knockout cloned CHO-2G8 was selected as the host cell andrenamed as CHO-BAT-KF. Three CHO-BAT-KFs and one CHO-BAT wererespectively seeded in 30 mL CD CHO AGT™ with a final concentration of 6mM Gln in a 125 mL shake flask at the cell density of 300000/ml, and 0.5mL of cells were taken at dO, d3, d6 and d7, respectively, to measurethe cell density and cell viability and evaluate the change of cellgrowth characteristics after the FUT8 gene was knocked out. The cellgrowth density is shown in FIG. 7 and the cell growth viability is shownin FIG. 8. As can be seen from FIG. 7 and FIG. 8, no significantdifference was observed in growth density and viability between FUT8gene knock-out CHO-BAT-KF and CHO-BAT cells with FUT8 gene not knockedout.

Example 7 Analysis of Glycosylation Profile of Antibodies Produced byHost Cells

In order to determine that the carbohydrate chain of the antibodyproduced by the genome-modified CHO-2G8 cell line according to thepresent invention has aberrant N-polysaccharide modification, BAT4306Fproduced by CHO-2G8 cells and 4306 produced by CHO-K1 cells werepurified from the medium through a protein A affinity column andquantified by UV280. Desalinated monoclonal antibody (1 mg) wasincubated with PNGaseF overnight at 37° C. to release N-glycan from theantibody. The released N-glycan was separated from the antibody by 30KAmicon ultrafiltration, lyophilized and resuspended in 200 μL deionizedwater. MALDI-TOF MS was used to analyze N-polysaccharides from twoantibody molecules as described above. Oligosaccharides from theantibody BAT4306F produced by CHO-2G8 existed in a single peak and werebasically the same population, which was different from the profile ofthe antibody 4306 oligosaccharides produced by parent host cells (FIG.9).

The results show that the three peaks of N-polysaccharide of 4306 wereGOF, G1F and G2F, respectively. Based on the peak time and molecularweight of N-polysaccharide from BAT4306F, it was inferred that the threepeaks of N-polysaccharide are G0, G1 and G2; that was, eachN-polysaccharide from BAT4306F was one fucose less than theN-polysaccharide from 4306.

At the same time, commercially available Gazyva was compared with thecarbohydrate chains of BAT4306F to analyze the heterogeneity of theircarbohydrate chains, as shown in FIG. 10. The results show that BAT4306Fhad lower N-polysaccharide heterogeneity and a more uniform carbohydratechain. The glycotypes of different antibodies expressed in CHO-BAT-KFcells were analyzed as shown in Table 4.

Example 8 Analysis of ADCC Activity of Antibodies Produced by Host Cells

In order to determine whether the modification of the antibody havingthe N-polysaccharide of the present invention can improve its biologicalfunction (e.g., ADCC activity), the purified antibodies targeting CD20are used to determine their ADCC activity in vitro (LDH method promega).The BAT4306F antibody produced by CHO-2G8 was purified through protein Aaffinity column and was quantified by UV280. The parent unmodified 4306was expressed in wild-type CHO cells and purified in the same way. Tocarry out ADCC detection, the wil2-S cells were cultured in RPMI-1640medium containing 10% FBS in good condition (4-7 days). Centrifugedcells in logarithmic growth phase at 1000 rpm for 10 min to removesupernatant. Added solution A (RPMI-1640 culture medium without phenolred and containing 10% FBS) and mixed well, centrifuged twice as above,counted, adjusted the number of cells to 3×10⁵ cells/ml with solution A,and added it to U-96 cell culture plate at 100 μl per well. Adjusted thefinal concentration of antibody to 1.2, 0.24, 0.048, 0.0096, 0.00192,0.000384, 0.0000768 and 0.00001536 (μg/mL) sequentially. Incubated at37° C. for 30 min in a 5% CO₂ incubator. Collected the effector cellsPBMC, added solution B (RPMI-1640 culture medium without serum andphenol red) and centrifuged twice as above, counted, adjusted the numberof cells to 3×10⁵ cells/ml with solution B, and added it to the U-96cell culture plate at 50 μl per well. Incubated at 37° C. for 3 h in a5% CO₂ incubator. When there was still 45 min from the incubation timeof 3 h, added 20 μl of lysate to the well of maximum release targetcell, and then incubated in a 5% CO₂ incubator at 37° C. for 45 min.Placed the U-96 well cell culture plate in a centrifuge and centrifugedat 250 g for 4 min. Taken 50 μl/well supernatant to another 96-wellplate with flat bottom, added 50 μl/well of prepared chromogenic fluid,gently shaken and mixed, and reacted for 30 min at room temperaturewithout light. Added 50 μl/well of the stop solution and gently shakenand mixed. Read the results at the microplate reader OD490.

The results show that, compared with non-modified 4306 produced by theparent CHO cells, BAT4306F of N-polysaccharide produced by CHO-2G8 cellcloning in serum-free medium significantly increased ADCC activity onRaji cells and wil2-S cells (FIG. 11).

Example 9 Analysis of Affinity of Antibodies Produced by Host Cells toCD20

In order to determine whether the antibody with modifiedN-polysaccharide produced by the cell according to the present inventionhas an effect on the ability to bind CD20-positive cells, BAT4306F and4306 were verified by the FASC method by reference to KlerviEven-Desrumeaux et al. (2012), and the affinity of Rituximab to CD20 ondifferent cell surfaces was compared, as described briefly below;collected Wil2-s cells in the logarithmic growth phase, centrifuged at800 rpm for 5 min, and discarded supernatant. Washed once with PBS,calculated density, resuspended in PBS, and packed into 1.5 mLcentrifuged tubes to make 500,000 cells per tube. Centrifuged at 1200rpm for 5 min and discard supernatant. Prepared the antibody atconcentrations of 30, 3.33, 1.11, 0.37, 0.1, 0.04, 0.014 and 0.0046μg/mL, respectively, added 200 μl of antibody to the cells sequentially,resuspended the cells and mixed evenly. At the same time, added PBS ofthe same volume as the negative control. Kept away from light at 4° C.for 2 h. Centrifuged at 1200 rpm for 5 min, discarded supernatant andwashed once with PBS. Added 100 μl of PBS to resuspend cells, added 2 μlof secondary antibody of FITC-sheep anti-human IgG1 Fab, and kept indark place at 4° C. for 30 min. Centrifuged at 1200 rpm for 5 min,discarded supernatant and washed once with PBS. Detected with the C6flow cytometer. Based on the formula Kd=[Ab]*{Fmax/(F−Fback)−1}, theresults are shown in the following table.

TABLE 2 Statistical results of IC₅₀ and Kd values of antibody-to-cellbinding experiments BAT4306F 4306 Rituximab Raji Wil2-s Raji Wil2-s RajiWil2-s IC₅₀(μg/mL) 0.481 0.815 0.631 0.603 1.998 2.513 IC₅₀(nM) 3.215.43 4.21 4.02 13.32 16.75 Kd(nM) 3.17 5.22 4.15 3.96 12.68 16.02 MeanKd(nM) 4.19 4.06 14.35

The results show that the modified antibody of N-polysaccharide did notaffect the affinity of the antibody to CD20.

Example 10 the Ability of BAT4306F to Deplete B Cells in Whole Blood ofDifferent NHL Patients Based on In Vitro Evaluation

Although the mechanisms of anti-CD20 antibody in B lymphoma patientsinclude ADCC, CDC and directly induced B cell apoptosis, the effect ofan anti-CD20 antibody is ultimately reflected in its ability to remove Bcells in patients, instead of merely improving a certain mechanism ofaction. In order to determine whether the antibody with N-polysaccharidemodification of the present invention can improve its ability to removeB cells, the biological function of BAT4306F to deplete B cells in wholeblood of different NHL patients was evaluated in vitro, as brieflydescribed below: collected 3 ml of blood from newly diagnosed NHLpatients in a heparin sodium anticoagulant tube; stored at roomtemperature and waited for the researcher to take away; taken 90 μL ofblood samples into new FACS tubes; added 10 μL of BAT4306F antibodydilutions with different concentrations to each sample tube so that thefinal concentration of the antibody in each test sample tube was 10 nM,1 nM, 0.1 nM, 0.01 nM and 0.001 nM respectively; stood in a 37° C.incubator for 3-4 h, then taken 50 μL of blood samples from each tubeand added them to BD TruCount tubes, and added BD's B cell countantibody mixture (anti-CD45 (lymphocyte population), anti-CD3 (T cells)and anti-CD19 (B cells)) to the blood sample; placed in a dark place atroom temperature for 15 min, added BD FACS lysate and then measured iton the instrument (BD C6). The results are shown in FIG. 12.

The results show that BAT4306F had stronger ability to remove B cellsthan antibody Rituximab without N-polysaccharide modified in the threeconcentration levels tested.

Example 11 Enhanced Affinity of BAT4306F to FcγRIIIa Molecule

In order to verify that the recombinant antibody with unique glycanprofile produced by the genome-edited CHO-BAT-KF cells has enhancedaffinity with FcγRIIIA, the affinity of BAT4306F, commercially availableGAZYVA and Rituximab to FcγRIIIA was measured. The sensor was pre-wettedin PBS for 10 min. The biotin-labeled FcγRIIIa 158V and FcγRIIIa 158Fwere diluted to 2.5 μg/mL with AB solution. Loading: loaded in thebiotin-labeled FcγRIIIa 158V diluent for 10 min (load to signal about1.3 nM); 3.6.3 affinity test with FcγRIIIa 158V: diluted the test drugsBAT4306F and Obinutuzumab to 500 nM with AB solution, diluted the testdrug Rituximab to 3000 nM with AB solution, and then prepared 7concentrations with the same buffer solution at 2× gradient. ABsolution, FcγRIIa V158, regeneration buffer, drug diluent andneutralization buffer were sequentially added to the correspondingcolumns of a 96-well plate. The SA sensor operates as follows: Baseline:detected the baseline in AB, 150 s; Association: combined in thegradient concentration of drug diluent sample and blank (AB) for 90 s;Dissociation: dissociated in AB for 120 s; Regeneration: regenerated inNaOH (pH 10.5) for 5 s; Neutralization: neutralized in AB for 5 s. Theregeneration and neutralization cycles were carried out for 3 times. Thecollected data were analyzed by the instrument data analysis softwareAcquisition 8.2. Taking Baseline acquisition signal as a baseline andsubtracting the reference signal (double deduction of sample blank andsensor blank), the data were subject to group analysis and fitted.

TABLE 3 Statistics of affinity BAT4306F to FcγRIIIa 158F FcγRIIIa 158 VFcγRIIIa 158 F KD(M) CV % KD(M) CV % BAT4306F 2.57E−08 0.027 1.37E−070.878 Obinutuzumab 3.68E−08 10.483 2.26E−07 3.062 Rituxiamb 8.44E−073.79 1.19E−06 0.297

The results show that, among the three tested antibodies, therecombinant antibody with unique glycan profile produced by CHO-BAT-KFcells had the strongest affinity to FcγRIIIA.

Example 12

In order to verify that the glycan profile of the antibody produced bythe expression of other antibody sequences in the CHO-BAT-KF host cellis stable and consistent, several other antibodies were expressed in theCHO-BAT-KF cell, including BAT4406F antibody with two light chains asshown in SEQ ID NO. 22 and two heavy chains as shown in SEQ ID NO. 23,BAT0206F antibody with two light chains as shown in SEQ ID NO. 24 andtwo heavy chains as shown in SEQ ID NO. 25, and Trop2 antibody BAT0808with two light chains as shown in SEQ ID NO. 26 and two heavy chains asshown SEQ ID NO. 27. The specific experiment was carried out byreference to the product specification (LudgerTag™ PROC (procainamide)Glycan Labeling Kit). The sample was denatured and reduced, and itscarbohydrate chain was removed from the glycosylation site byglycosidase. Then, after coupling labeled with procainamidehydrochloride fluorescein, the sample was separated on a HILIC column,100 mM ammonium formate (pH 4.5) and acetonitrile were eluted with amobile phase A and a mobile phase B respectively with an elutiongradient of 0-36 minutes from 28% A-38% A, and finally detected with afluorescence detector. The resolution of glycotypes G1 and G1′ in thesystem suitability solution was not less than 1.0. The results in FIG.13 and Table 4 show that the glycotypes of the four antibodies werehighly consistent and the carbohydrate chains was uniform; whichindicated that the method or cell of the present invention had universalapplicability, and could be not only suitable for the production ofanti-CD20 antibodies, but also used for the production of antibodies atother sites, thus allowing the target antibody to present uniformity andenhanced ADCC activity.

TABLE 4 Glycotype ratio (%) of four antibodies produced by CHO-BAT-KFcells G0-GN G0 Man5 G1 G1′ G2 Other BAT4306F 0.36 71.32 0.40 16.04 8.141.96 1.78 BAT4406F 0.42 72.31 0.45 15.51 7.88 1.83 1.60 BAT0808 0.5279.11 0.51 11.36 6.11 1.03 1.36 BAT0206F 0.45 76.15 0.50 12.90 6.90 1.361.74

The invention claimed is:
 1. An antibody, characterized in that theantibody is BAT4306F antibody, wherein the BAT4306F antibody is ananti-CD20 antibody that comprises two light chains each comprising theamino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 20 and two heavy chains eachcomprising the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 21, and wherein theBAT4306F antibody has a G0 content that is greater than or equal to 60%and has no fucose.
 2. A pharmaceutical composition, comprising theantibody according to claim 1 and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier.3. A method for treating Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma, (NHL), comprisingadministration of an effective amount of the antibody according to claim1 to a subject in need thereof.
 4. The antibody of claim 1, wherein theantibody has a mannose content that is less than or equal to 5%.
 5. Theantibody of claim 1, wherein the antibody has a high mannose contentthat is less than or equal to 5%.